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… Vision  Lead genomic innovation for a sustainable bioeconomy. Mission  As a U.S. Department of …

… On July 6, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and … participants in an online workshop to harness deep learning for metagenomic data.  Metagenomic data, or DNA sequencing … layers. The architecture of these algorithms, inspired by communication networks found in nature, allows machines …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing … in the next generation of flowering vegetation. In return for their services, bees eat plant nectar and pollen. Nectar … that pollen’s pectin and hemicellulose are degraded mainly by just two clades:  Gilliamella,  which mostly resides in …

… Neha’s key role is to design, benchmark, and apply bioinformatics software to enable analysis …

…   Visualizing a novel, candidate viral genome found in the deep … The battle waged below the Earth’s surface is reconstructed by combining a study of microbial communities (metagenomics) … fresh organic carbon which can serve as a food source for other microbes into the environment. Summary In J. R. R. …

… CheckV can help researchers assess virus sequence fragments and data … virus sequences vary widely. In a previous effort, an international consortium recommended specific … as carbon, nitrogen and sulfur are themselves regulated by viruses in their environments. Environmental DNA …

… RIViT-seq technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. … Regulons are a group of genes that can be turned on or off by the same regulatory protein. Researchers demonstrated the … regulation is critical to ensuring genes vital for growth and survival across various environments are …

… Massie S. Ballon is the Communications and Outreach Manager at the JGI. Through multi-platform stories and outreach efforts, the team aims to broaden … audiences. In her prior role as a JGI communications specialist, she served as the primary storyteller and social media …

… A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in … for the next generation. Understanding the mechanisms by which they reproduce can help guide breeding efforts. For … This work was supported by the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity Program …

… In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint Genome … also holds a joint appointment with the University of California, Berkeley. Nowadays, Session is an Assistant … genome duplication occurs within a single species. By contrast, “allopolyploids” arise when different ancestral …

… As part of the ongoing partnership between DOE JGI and UC … Gutierrez Huerta and Bryan Rangel Alvarez, both California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP) students … at UC Merced. CAMP is a statewide initiative funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and supports …

… Novel archaeal lineage found in Yellowstone may have been … microbial mats at Yellowstone offer researchers an analog for studying early Earth conditions. Additionally, … found in iron-oxide microbial mats. The reddish hues caused by the presence of iron led Inskeep and his colleagues to …