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… JGI’s 25th anniversary. Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our … evolved these really tough cell wall materials that keep microbes — and the enzymes that would be produced by … Annual Meeting . In an herbivore’s poop sample, there’s a whole heap of microbes, each potentially contributing to …

… source of energy, and because anaerobic fungi can’t harness it, scientists long held that these fungi don’t have the … genes translated into expected proteins. That work was done in collaboration with the Environmental Molecular … previously known to be made only by aerobic fungi. In order to identify more of the fungal natural products, …

… to develop tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth outnumber the stars in the … Way, viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, scientists at the DOE Joint Genome … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at …

… Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) provide access to a variety of tools that … isotopes to measure carbon and nutrient flux, and identify microbes assimilating labeled compounds. During this … estimate of whether or not it’s worthwhile moving forward with density separation and fraction collection. 4. Q: …

… 1, JGI held a JGI Engagement: Pro Tips for Successful Community Science Program (CSP) Applications Webinar inviting … truly exploratory small proposal that might not max out the whole 500 gigabases? Is it better to try to reach that … questions. We are looking for projects that can’t easily be done at a core facility, but you don’t need to necessarily …

… convert elements present in urine to create hydroxyapatite, a high-value biomaterial with a wide range of industrial applications. The team was … researchers realized that the yeast   Saccharomyces boulardii  was naturally performing activities similar to the …

… flow cytometry protocols for targeted recovery of specific microbes. …

… ecosystem. The Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep … is reconstructed by combining a study of microbial communities (metagenomics) and a chemical labelling approach. The … into the environment. Summary In J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings,” the Hornburg fortress had withstood all …

… This program has supported over 250 projects since it started. At the JGI, Dr. Yoshikuni also manages the … crop yield, and developing a platform for building composite materials. Before joining the JGI, Dr. Yoshikuni was … science officer at a clean technology startup, Bio Architecture Lab, Inc. (BAL), where he used systems and …

… The JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) represents the JGI user community and is … organization of the JGI Annual Meeting. Any investigator who has been an active user of the JGI at any time in the … Kristen DeAngelis of University of Massachusetts-Amherst, who represent the scientific areas of plant genomics, DNA …