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This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake … the specialized software and supercomputers behind this project. But every part of this project depends on lakewater samples — so this episode is a …

On July 8, JGI’s DNA Synthesis Science group held a  JGI Engagement: Accessing Functional Genomics Capabilities Webinar inviting researchers to … of the proposals. Upon approval from JGI reviewers, the DOE project managers review the proposals. The proposer of …

… enabled by the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes … in five years, have come out of the JGI-supported project. “The JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program has been … is famous for its work sequencing human and environmental genomes. But we now have these DNA synthesis capabilities …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … is a pioneer in metagenomic studies, recovering microbial genomes from biofilm samples at the Richmond Mine in Iron … and metabolism through reconstruction of microbial genomes from the environment . Nature. 2004. 428, 37–43 …

… from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: … smoothly. As reported August 26, 2021, in Nature Communications , researchers led by Hal Alper at The University of … Michael Jewett of Northwestern University describe a two-pronged approach that starts with engineered yeast cells but …

… year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from potential users who need help translating genomic information into biological function. Through our CSP Functional Genomics call , we look for projects that will leverage the JGI’s DNA synthesis and …

Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.   … Program in order to get  M. elongata and  I. europaea  genomes sequenced and annotated for this study. The team … 0002 01 to F. Martin), JGI Community sequencing program project (CSP570, DE-AC02-05CH11231), and National Science …

A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct … their gene expression, the team then sequenced community genomes and expressed gene transcripts (metagenomes, … out that, without the JGI, the discoveries made in this project wouldn’t have been possible. Scientists hadn’t known …

Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria (phototrophs) in … (DP150100244) and the Australian Antarctic Science program (project 4031). The work conducted by the US Department of …

Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  … viruses,” said Simon Roux , a JGI scientist and one of the project co-leads. “But same as DNA viruses, RNA viruses … datasets from the JGI’s Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system. “We then looked into …