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The More the Merrier: Making the Case for Plant Pan-genomes
… system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” … pan-genome. A pan-genome is the nonredundant set of genes found in a species, but in this case, the team included two … that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.  DOE’s Office of Science is the largest …
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The Megadata of Lake Mendota – Part 3: Boating Out to David Buoy
This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve covered …
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A Genomic Perspective Across Earth’s Microbiomes Reveals That Genome Size in Archaea and Bacteria Is Linked to Ecosystem Type and Trophic Strategy
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The Megadata of Lake Mendota - Part 1: Many, Many Mers
Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that … together.  The next 3 episodes are the story behind that giant assembly from Lake Mendota. In this episode: the …
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2021 JGI Proposal Call Brings New Investigators into Community Science Program
Accepted proposals emphasize JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 … proposal includes plans to sequence several thousand Actinobacteria strains and then use computational tools to analyze … in three groups: cyanophages, bacteriophages, and giant algal viruses.  The approved proposals started October …
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Characterizing Communities: JGI Announces Latest CSP Portfolio
Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user … been identified as the most abundant in the world’s oceans, found in a wide range of morphologies and ecologies. … interested in better characterizing the role endosymbiotic bacteria play on mating habits of Mucoromycota fungi, and …
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Partnerships Development Team
Developed in 2017, the PDT was established in part to help better-connect industry to JGI resources, as well as target academic, …
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Host population diversity as a driver of viral infection cycle in wild populations of green sulfur bacteria with long standing virus-host interactions
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Synergistic interactions between anammox and dissimilatory nitrate reducing bacteria sustains reactor performance across variable nitrogen loading ratios
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H2-saturation of high affinity H2-oxidizing bacteria alters the ecological niche of soil microorganisms unevenly among taxonomic groups
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The Megadata of Lake Mendota - Part 2: Souped Up Computing
This series is the story of a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In this episode: a look at the supercomputing that stitches …
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Graduate Students Get Thesis Research Opportunity at the JGI
… months. Their proposed research projects address scientific challenges central to Office of Science mission areas across … Kaze, part of the 2018 cohort of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program. Kaze is part of Mark Sistrom’s lab at … the influence of viruses on carbon cycling in coastal mangroves. The work complements an existing JGI Community …
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