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… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The first step in the deadly dance … with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using proteins on its tail fibers to latch onto a specific target on the …

… For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a written report that is published in … the primary author on this publication and drove the entire project, Visel explained. She continued working virtually … “This was very exciting to see how Rhondene not only embraced the research question and applied it to such a large …

… 5,000 times bigger than most bacteria. To put it into context, it would be like a human encountering another human … keeps its DNA more organized. “The big surprise of the project was to realize that these genome copies that are … at the JGI, Gros allowed him to continue research on the project. At the JGI, Volland began studying Ca. T. magnifica …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … Hungate1000, a catalog of 410 rumen microbe genomes. The project relied upon resources from laboratories around the … research offshoots in totally different areas, beyond the project’s initial scope. Sequencing and culturing this vast …

… Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes … they set out to analyze 500 metagenomes, it was the biggest project the JGI had ever put together.  The next 3 episodes …

… (California State San Marcos) about how the Adopt-A-Genome project got started. Plus, Kalyani Maitra (California State Fresno) and two students, Angela and Mark Soghomonian share what it was like to take on one of these genomes.  …

… genomes in general, Jef Boeke, Weimin Zhang (NYU Langone Health) and Leslie Mitchell (Neochromosome) have worked … to replace yeast’s native chromosomes with synthetic versions. This project has turned out to be an international collaboration, …

… On July 30, UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted … one JGI mentor. Together, they work through a specific project that aligns with each intern’s interests or … in some cases daily, check-ins with their mentors to ensure projects progressed despite the challenges of remote work. …