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… participants in an online workshop to harness deep learning for metagenomic data.  Metagenomic data, or DNA sequencing data gathered … of proteins in order to conduct more efficient protein sequence alignments. He also aims to detect structural … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth (Toby) Kellogg and … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), generated genome sequences for nearly 600 green millet plants and released a … be specific to species or groups of species.  The genome data also revealed that green millet was introduced into the …

… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a virus protein … to carbon cycling.  The Science Through a collaborative effort, researchers have identified a protein in soil viruses … AMGs in soil viruses thought to break down chitin, the gene sequences were cloned by the JGI.  The JGI’s DNA synthesis …

… his Ph.D in 1998 from the Department of Genetics at Stanford University where he uncovered the genetic cause of a rare form of human epilepsy and subsequently generated one of the first mouse models for this common neurological disorder. In 1999, he was named …

… sorting (FACS) to sort cells into several small pools before sequencing to recover rare microbes. The technique was … recent Nature Communications paper, uncovering giant virus sequences in soil for the first time. A second approach known as DNA stable … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around the globe. Now, scientists have shed … Nature Plants , was able to assess absolute time estimates for major colonization events. It was previously assumed, … locations.  One group investigated changes in protein sequences, while others analyzed single point mutations …

… Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has now sequenced and assembled the genomes of these five cotton … , both faculty investigators at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. “The goal has been for all this new … D are available for comparative analysis on JGI’s plant data portal  Phytozome , which is a community repository and …

… relevant to living on a changing planet. Transcript for Audio   ALISON:  Hey! I’m Alison Takemura at the US … called crassulacean acid metabolism, or CAM — that’s C-A-M, for short — helps plants that have it lose less water in a … We all know plants take up water through their roots. But for them to be able to pull that water through the whole …

… genetics that started with his education and carried forward into his roles as a senior research scientist at … of novel production organisms and fermentation processes for vitamins, insecticides, fungicides, platform chemicals, … is also on the Leadership Team of the National Microbiome Data Collaborative and served as President of the Society …

… 25-plus years since the JGI’s inception, making it possible for researchers to get a close look at more ecosystems and … before. In 2006, the JGI produced 33 billion base pairs of sequence; by 2023, that number was almost 717 trillion. Last year, the JGI surpassed three Petabases of data sequenced — that’s three-quadrillion base pairs of DNA …