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Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm … genes from isolates, there isn’t much scientists can tell about its function or its origin. As a result, these genes … it is very hard to have 100 sequences from different locations or habitats that align very well, randomly,” …

A former JGI intern is now applying his internship lessons on … of biology and computer science, to reveal clues about how microbial and bacteria communities influence the … on his PhD program at UC Merced in 2013, this field was just beginning to develop and expand into the world of …

… discoveries and catalyzing a major transition of biology into data science.  Research in the Kyrpides group focuses on Microbiome Data Science and analysis of Big Data. … Bowers RM, et al. (2017) Minimum information about a single amplified genome (MISAG) and a …

… abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are diploids … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… an internship program to bring students to the JGI for research training experience. Enabled by the DOE … fellow interns and scientists alike. Want to learn more about their experience? Watch the short video below. Video … fall for my master’s in plant soil science and my career focus is plant breeding. Ti’Yanna Watson: My mentor is Dr. Yi …

… (IGB) seen above is home to the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Researchers from the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase … in the IGB. Vision  Lead genomic innovation for a sustainable bioeconomy. Mission  As a U.S. Department of … and workforce development. As of February 2025, we have already completed 37% of the two-year milestones, and 11% of …

Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those … send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing lab. So today, Chris Daum walks through …

Hosted by the JGI and co-organized with NIST,  the goal of the Viral EcoGenomics & Applications (VEGA) symposium was to bring together a “Viral EcoGenomics” community to foster discussion on how to best capture and characterize uncultivated …

UDE familiarized themselves with the research programs and user facilities at Berkeley Lab. Commenting on the visit, JGI Director Nigel Mouncey expressed enthusiasm about the potential of this collaboration stating, “We already identified a lot of synergies. To bring together …

… an array of experiments at universities and national user facilities, researchers found that this protein detects … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … we were able to work with on this project to ask questions about structure and function,” Blaby-Haas said.  Looking at …

… forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, paving the way … from a wildfire that burned at the Colorado-Wyoming border, about a year after the fire. They sampled soil across a … and growth.  This study builds on the pyrophilous fungi the JGI has previously sequenced , and provides a powerful …

… analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for multiple … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … information as well as of important descriptive metadata about each strain. “This has been a very fruitful …