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… eukaryotic microbes and viruses in environmental sequence data. Dr. Schulz employs multi-omics (metagenomics, … machine learning to find novel functions that may impact microbiome structure and biogeochemical cycles. He provides … user community and supports various user projects in the Microbial Program. In an LDRD-funded project, Dr. Schulz …

… involved in capsid maturation. Recently reported in  Microbiome , researchers from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science facility, have increased the number of known high … By mining more than 14,000 publicly available metagenomic datasets in JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes & …

… gene clusters (BGCs.) As reported in the recent Database issue of the journal Nucleic Acids Research , … more than 13 million BGCs in the catalog at the time of publication, it is the largest repository of BGC sequence … portal within the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system known as IMG-ABC. That portal …

… helped plants conquer land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal … relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from … This work was funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award (DBI-1652164, …

… to step outside their boundaries and dream big. They encourage students to pursue personal, academic, and … by various biotech and healthcare industry partners. Our interns say their experiences allowed them to:  Learn …

… have a massive undertaking: sequencing the world’s river microbiomes. And they’re using team science to do it.   …

… Learn more about JGI’s  PhycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced algal … tools. Questions and Answers 1.  Q(uestion): Why would your Tree ever differ from NCBI Taxonomy? A(nswer): If you … project? A: Combination of: DOE mission relevance Science User community – trying to produce resources for …

… confident and ready to tackle real-world scientific issues. Our interns say their experiences allowed them to:  Learn …

… topics that the JGI supports that advance DOE Office of Science Biological and Environmental Research (BER) … advanced genomic capabilities, large-scale AI-ready data and expertise to the global research community to study … biodiversity, ecology, and evolution, with a focus on microbiome sciences and fungal symbioses. He has worked …