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… and help them digest their last leafy meal. In their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic … called natural products . Yet, combing through the genomes of four anaerobic fungal species has revealed, for … clearly have unexpected chemical potential. … This research project was supported by a grant from Santa Barbara Cottage …

… year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from reseachers who translate genomic … Through our CSP Functional Genomics call , we look for projects that will leverage the JGI’s DNA synthesis and omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function. Tapping into these functions allows …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The … ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a “diversity generating … (DP150100244) and the Australian Antarctic Science program (project 4031). The work in the Hallam Lab was performed …

… reveals the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection … break down PCE into the chemical compound ethene. Applying genome sequencing and analysis, the researchers identified … to analyze the resulting metagenomic data. (Data from the project are available on the  JGI Genome Portal .) The team …

Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.   … partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … 0002 01 to F. Martin), JGI Community sequencing program project (CSP570, DE-AC02-05CH11231), and National Science …

But if the duck gets infected by a virus so that it no longer looks or quacks like one, is it still a duck? For a … between the  U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … and Environmental Research in one proposed research project. For this project, RNA sequencing was done by the …

… and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found … Lead Nikos Kyrpides at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at … used computational resources from the Exascale Computing Project (17-SC-20-SC), a collaborative effort of the U.S. …

Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking … to identify proteins, the team compiled DNA sequences (metagenomes) and messenger RNA sequences (transcriptomes) from … sequences assembled as part of its 1000 Fungal Genomes Project . To map microbial activity, Baldrian’s team …

… others providing complementary expertise to advance the science and serve as impact multipliers . The JGI has a long-term partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for … Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) and data infrastructure projects—the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) and …

The Plant and Animal Genome XXVII Conference (PAG) takes place January 12-16, 2019, in San … science opportunities. Learn how to apply for a project with the JGI Community Science Program, and how you …

A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct … periodically at different depths. In order to determine the genome structure of SAR324 cells and their gene expression, … out that, without the JGI, the discoveries made in this project wouldn’t have been possible. Scientists hadn’t known …

Clarivate Analytics, formerly the IP & Science arm of Thomson Reuters, has released their 2019 list of Highly Cited … of 21 fields appear on the 2019 list. Congratulations to: Project Manager Kerrie Barry, Cross-Field Category Fungal … a long-term project to sequence, annotate and analyze the genomes of more than 300 Aspergillus Go here to learn more …