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… Retracing how the dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new ecological habitat. The Science By … interested in harnessing the brown rot Serpula lacrymans towards breaking down plant mass for conversion to sustainable, alternative biofuels and bioproducts. This study lends insights on how the …

… With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete … from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but most species do not grow easily in the … for this work by a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator Award, NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (7DP2CA239145), and …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our … with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.   Publications Grimwood, J., Gordon, L., Olsen, A. et al. The …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … the Max Planck Institute! This is the first science Nobel awarded to two women, with Charpentier and Doudna bringing … nature was using it to do something important.” Related Publications:  A scoutRNA Is Required for Some Type V …

… To understand how organisms adapt to extreme environments, Marike Palmer and Brian … Hear how their recent work revealed more about the history of the Chloroflexota phylum and a new way of moving: a tail-like …

… Over the years, hundreds of interns have come to the JGI from all parts of the globe to gain lab experience and contribute to …

… This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve covered the specialized software and supercomputers behind this project. But every part …

… Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to … In this episode, we peek into how scientists Aindrila Mukhopadhyay and Steve Singer are harnessing the versatile … Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) , a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research …

… Tanja Woyke and other JGI researchers made their debut writing for the Nature Reviews Microbiology … more to come in 2020. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … the column, Woyke wrote about the research field’s move toward characterizing the human microbiome  by its genomes and …

… Sequencing technology has changed dramatically over the last  25-plus years since the JGI’s … before. In 2006, the JGI produced 33 billion base pairs of sequence; by 2023, that number was almost 717 trillion. … up with JGI staff, collaborators and users to see how software and supercomputing capabilities have evolved to enable …

… began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, communally, in microbial mats. Along the way, they’ve …

… Meet researchers who have hiked, rafted and met local wildlife (a marmot!) as they’ve sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. These lakes are isolated, …