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Tanja Woyke Elected to American Academy of Microbiology
Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in the Class of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The … developing and harnessing single-cell methods to access the genetic material of uncultivated microbes and link their …
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Novel spore-forming species exhibiting intrinsic resistance to third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins and description of Tigheibacillus jepli gen. nov., sp. nov.
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Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis by “Candidatus Weimeria bifida” gen. nov., sp. nov., and “Candidatus Pseudoramibacter fermentans” sp. nov.
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JGI@25: Expanding Metagenomics to Capture Viral Diversity
In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … and a specific microbial host to replicate. Sequencing genetic material directly from samples sidesteps these … Beginning in the early 2000s , these environmental metagenomes began to offer a window into viral existence. Along …
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Training the Next Generation of Talent
New Graduate Internship Program Builds Bridges Between DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy … could be considered.” Olmstead’s project focused on the genetic mechanisms of chemotaxis in the Arabidopsis …
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IMA genome-F18
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Arboriscoccus pini gen. nov., sp. nov., an endophyte from a pine tree of the class Alphaproteobacteria, emended description of Geminicoccus roseus, and proposal of Geminicoccaceae fam. nov.
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Simon Roux Named 2025 ASM Microbiome Data Prize Awardee
Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who … in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity.  In 2021, he was among those selected by …
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Marianne Buscaglia
… researcher who uses metagenomics to study giant viruses in cold marine environments and is interested in analyzing genes that can impact the metabolism of their hosts. …
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JGI Hosts GPU Hackathon in May
WHEN: May 6-10, 2019 WHERE: JGI With DOE investments in graphical processing unit (GPU)-based … Computing Facility (OLCF), NVIDIA, and the Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user …
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iPHoP: A Matchmaker for Phages and their Hosts
…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are … With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of ecosystems. However, matching these viral genetic sequences to their hosts is crucial to understanding …
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When “The Blob” Made It Hotter Under the Water
Data from marine heatwave event may foreshadow climate change impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave … flux in marine microbial communities. Using the JGI-generated data, Sachia Traving, a former postdoctoral fellow …
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