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… JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s … datasets becoming available but also complementary single-cell sorting and sequencing of viruses together with their …
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… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows … step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” … by the JGI, to uncover these DGRs. DGRs were found in single microbial and viral genomes, as well as genomes …
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… Since 2019 Dr. Blaby heads the Biodesign Platform at the Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three … analysis for synthetic biology and functional genomics. Prior to joining the JGI, he was a group lead at … B.Sc. (HONS) – University of Wales, Cardiff, Genetics Ph.D. – University of Cambridge., …
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… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day … relevant to living on a changing planet. Transcript for Audio Two special days occur in April: the 50th … to be where we’re going to level off. And that’s in a single lifetime, right? Or maybe two generations. And so, …
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… Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US … States. They also provided multiple access points to the information. The team harnessed a community-science program to … along the way, impacting its quality and in turn affecting environmental and human health, energy production and …
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… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI … beyond the tried-and-true method of traditional shotgun metagenomics. One approach uses fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) to sort cells into several small pools … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …
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… The JGI leverages its existing partnerships and develops others providing … has a long-term partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology for our Plant Program, and is further leveraging the services of the Arizona Genomics Institute for DNA and RNA extractions to support …
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… The chromosome-scale genome sequence of trifoliate orange yields clues to disease-resistance that could prove fruitful for saving Citrus from greening disease. You’ve probably … P. trifoliata ’s hardiness, according to Zhanao Deng, an environmental horticulture scientist of the University of …
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… The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of … Understanding the genetic underpinnings responsible for these traits takes us closer to harnessing algae for … sequence and understand. A team of researchers led by Algal Genomics Program lead Igor Grigoriev and data scientist Alan …
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