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… novel research projects from PIs who have not led any previously accepted proposals.  The New Investigator call , part of our  Community Science Program , allows us to work and share our tools with a widening circle of … November 2025 review. You can also find more information about the JGI’s  various proposal calls here. …

… Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most … of the plant, that eelgrass began colonizing the oceans  about 3 million years ago. The study shows that figure is … and by a grant to J. Eisen, J.J.S. and J.L.O. from the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute Community …

… machinery to make products such as proteins, and the mechanisms for maintenance to keep processes running smoothly. As  reported August 26, 2021, in  Nature Communications , researchers led by … and so one of the things that I think is so special about this collaboration is that we’re doing work in yeast, …

… leading the New Lineages of Life Group. His research is focussed on the discovery of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and viruses in environmental sequence data. Dr. Schulz employs … biogeochemical cycles. He provides his expertise to the JGI user community and supports various user projects in the …

… exist back then,” said Hal Alper, a University of Texas at Austin professor, “but we really first heard about the JGI synthesis grant during a presentation that … Prospective users are always welcome to contact one of us about possible proposals if it’s different from what is on …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … assesses what fraction of the microbial diversity we know about, and proposes a path forward to curate and cultivate … bacterial diversity. The team conservatively estimated that about 42% of the bacterial diversity has no genomic …

… As warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to … of marine food webs are microscopic photosynthesizing organisms called phytoplankton (from the Greek phyto for ‘plant’ … other words, some like it hot; some do not. “We can think about the ocean, naively, as a sort of homogeneous medium. …

… reductase system, researchers could open avenues for using bacteria to produce ethylene and more.  Microbes excel … of their surroundings. Case in point: for us, the smell of the ocean simply signals we’re near the beach. For … contexts.  “That allows us now to really start thinking about the structure-function relationship. What could we do, …

… new potential for AI-driven studies of energy metabolism. The Science Researchers produced nearly 10,000 new … discovered more than 6,000 mitochondrial sequences previously unrecognized within existing public databases and … that carry them were strikingly different in both size and organization: Mitochondrial genome size and structure varied …

… special groups of actinobacteria Streptomyces is more than just a funny word. The 500 species described within the group … especially Streptomyces and many other related organisms, requires using more specialized tools, skills and … in the JGI Natural Prodcast podcast , where she talks about this community resource. ) “Most people study …

… specific sequence of these four letters represents an organism’s genetic code, or genome, which underlies physical … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … as tough as it has been 10 years ago,” he said. “We thought about reconstructing gene regulatory networks, understanding …

… Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic reprogramming. The Science If it … ocean could fix less carbon when infected. Little is known about virus-infected microbial cells that are transformed … interactions. In  their study , which appeared in  The ISME Journal , they focused on how virus-infected microbes …