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… a virologist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, wants to understand how viruses impact the release of … gases from Arctic permafrost. But to see what they’re doing, he first needs their DNA.   …

… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who was … as part of the Early Career Research Program (ECRP). His project, “Characterizing Virus-Driven Alterations of …

… has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program is to harness the power of DNA synthesis, strain engineering, and biosystems design for … and applications. This program has supported over 250 projects since it started. At the JGI, Dr. Yoshikuni also …

… New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science Shiitake mushrooms get their name from … relative of the oak. These fungi are part of the genus Lentinula, which have evolved to decompose hardwoods on every … award 0000238431 to D.H., the GENOBIOREF (BIO2017-86559-R) project of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation …

… A former JGI intern is now applying his internship lessons on … . “There was a lot of freedom to explore,” he recalled. His project involved developing an algorithm and although the … information. According to Lawrence, this summer project aligned with his computational background and …

… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The first step in the deadly … of DGRs is to use them to create collections of protein variants, produced in engineered viruses or microbial cells. …

… Sequencing technology has changed dramatically over the last  … For example, with support from the  Exascale Computing Project , the JGI — along with the National Energy Research … through the Community Science Program, it was the largest project the JGI had ever put together.  “When we proposed to …

… Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  Neurospora … proposal akin to the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project, which is aimed at determining the activity, … the work being done as part of the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project. Funding for the project was also provided by the …

… Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that … they set out to analyze 500 metagenomes, it was the biggest project the JGI had ever put together.  The next 3 episodes …

… Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo … viruses,” said Simon Roux , a JGI scientist and one of the project co-leads. “But same as DNA viruses, RNA viruses … 2019, recalled Uri Neri of Tel Aviv University, one of the project co-leads and first author of the study. Members of …