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… the development of the comparative analysis platforms for microbial genomes and metagenomes (IMG). He became the Metagenomics Program head in 2010 and has the combined Microbial … on Microbiome Research with an emphasis on Microbiome Data Science. His group is developing novel methods for enabling …

… Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, has discovered that the candidate … evolutionary consequences. A previous study conducted by our research team surveying the genomic and phenotypic diversity across the natural range of switchgrass found that …

… and fungi that can help or harm plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that … determine if these fungi act as friends or foes. The Impact Microbial communities comprised of fungi and bacteria can … of the key community participants and enabling future metagenomics studies.   …

… computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. To do … opens the possibility of using phages to engineer microbial communities. One day, these phages could boost … nutrient cycling, or carbon sequestration. Summary Existing programs use a variety of approaches to match a virus with a …

… and management best practices that have advanced the microbial sciences. The Prize also recognizes innovative and impactful analysis of microbiome data that has changed our understanding of the microbiome and the microbial …

… mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic entities … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), with computing resources provided by NERSC, another user facility at Berkeley … in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive microbial processes and evolution. This is because MGEs can …

… approach to genome recovery from metagenomes. The Science Through the JGI’s Emerging Technologies Opportunity … genomes, particularly from incredibly complex soil microbial communities, is crucial to understanding how these … with >90% completeness. These results, noted JGI User Programs Deputy Susannah Tringe , suggest that extracting …

… and capabilities we offer JGI users to help advance their science. … a vision for future technical JGI directions for DOE User science. … of Regents Working Group on “NIH Comparative Genomics Resource” 2021-  Co-Chair, “Advances in Genome Biology & … Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2020- National Advisory Council, National …

… on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a dataset of microbial genomes sampled from rivers covering 90% of the … be the first publicly available, river-focused microbial resource that provides information at multiple scales from …

… On July 8, JGI’s DNA Synthesis Science group held a  JGI Engagement: Accessing Functional Genomics Capabilities Webinar inviting researchers to submit white papers to the Community Science Program’s  Functional Genomics call for proposals .  … working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …