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… than two billion years ago, cyanobacteria acquired the ability to produce their own food and generate oxygen as a … diverged from the bacterial tree before Cyanobacteria and its contemporaries. Margulisbacteria were named for Lynn … the ancestor of all these groups may have been an anaerobe who relied on fermentative metabolism and hydrogenases. …

Diego, Calif. Representatives from the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the  DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase … Genomic Science on current and ongoing developments toward integrative biology. Researchers who are applying genomic sequence information to BER-funded …

… researchers across major ecosystems and disciplines who are developing and applying laboratory ecosystems to help transition microbiome science from largely observational to … This conference is inspired by the vision of standardized fabricated ecosystems (EcoFABs) designed for precise …

… to convert food into energy. However, in environments with little or no oxygen, life had found other ways to … the genomes and predict the metabolic abilities of these microbes. The Impact This study illustrates how the research … an online interactive browser – contains the phenotypic records of 8,350 organisms along with 4,355 genomes and 13.6 …

… computational approach, researchers confirm microbial diversity is wilder than ever. Imagine researchers exploring a … Nature highlights the vast array of functional diversity of microbes through a novel approach to better understand … and the functions they perform, artificially replicating a whole community is impossible.  Metagenomic sequencing …

… lessons on presentations to peatlands Travis Lawrence sits in his backyard in Tennessee — the birds are chirping and a soft breeze … interning, he recalls interacting with renowned scientists who were involved in the Human Genome Project, or …

Schulman, Bram Stone and Jana Voriskovaa The JGI is excited to announce the fifteen scientists selected for our … of successful CSP proposals this year,” noted Tanja Woyke, who heads JGI’s User Programs. “These PIs have proposed … questions relevant to the DOE’s mission, and I look forward to seeing their outcomes.” The annual CSP call is focused …

… year, the JGI searches for novel research projects from PIs who have not led any previously accepted proposals.  The New Investigator call , part of our  Community Science Program , allows us to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers whose work aligns with DOE missions .  Below find a list of …

… internship program between the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What … represents part of our long term efforts to contribute towards a diverse workforce and scientific community (working … J. Nathaniel Brown was a 2022 graduate student intern who is now a graduate researcher in Jing Xu’s lab and a …

… cycling impact.   The Science Enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a … cycling is a carbon flux regulator since sulfate-reducing microbes prevent methane production by routing the carbon … oxidation. The findings lead them to speculate that these microbes could use the same pathway for either sulfur …

Metagenomic datasets could help map out microbial diversity hotspots Over the past few decades, advancements in … microbial diversity we know about, and proposes a path forward to curate and cultivate what is still unknown.  “We took … art of hands-on microbiology and experimental validation.  Microbes run the world, playing key roles in regulating …