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… Her current research focuses on leveraging thousands of metagenomic datasets from host-associated and … and characterize genomic information from uncultivated microbes and viruses. Prior to joining the JGI, she was a … Fellow at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as part of the Marine Microbiology Initiative. She conducted her …

… (Berkeley Lab), led the project. He explained that large language models—artificial intelligence trained to … existing methodologies developed for natural languages to study genomes,” Wang explained.  And since microbial genomes … generated by JGI users, GenomeOcean also utilized large-scale metagenomic assemblies from three terabase-scale (Tb) …

… capabilities meet the needs of scientists out in the field, and developing such tools has been a collaborative … effort. For example, with support from the  Exascale Computing Project , the JGI — along with the National … — worked to offer researchers high-powered tools for large-scale assembly and analysis.   To put these efforts …

… — their sheer genetic diversity. As pioneers of this field, the JGI has leveraged metagenomics to boost … over 125,000 partial and complete viral genomes. That study multiplied the number of known viral genes by a factor … viral genomes, and  this most recent version is six times larger than the previous one . To identify so many genomes, …

… A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The … are made up heavily of sphagnum mosses.  New research identifies sex chromosomes in the plant and illuminates the … and hollows flow like hills and valleys, on a smaller scale. Depending on the species, some sphagnum may prefer …

… Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) that consists of coordinated hands-on experiments across fungal biology teaching labs. The purpose of the program is to: train students and professors in laboratory techniques and data analyses compile … Beyond providing a scalable solution for production of high-quality fungal reference genomes, this program is an …

… A metagenomic look at the soil microbes present a year after a wildfire. The Science After … begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, … genes with functions useful for forest recovery, this study sheds light on how microbes contribute as a forest …