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Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA …

… were developed specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play …

JGI has hosted interns from a number of universities and organizations. From field research and wet lab experiments, …

Vision  Lead genomic innovation for a sustainable bioeconomy. Mission  As a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility, we provide advanced genomic capabilities, …

New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a … a process called methanogenesis. Methanogenic microorganisms therefore play a critical role in the global carbon … Alternate Metabolic Pathways And there is something special about these new lineages recently tied to methanogenesis. …

Laboratory, believes they can. And, what’s more, that using gene editing technology to conscientiously mix traits of different plant species will help us get there. …

…   This highly hands-on workshop is designed to familiarize users with the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes … wealth of public microbiome sequence data and enables the user to analyze these data with existing bioinformatic …

… proposals this year,” noted Tanja Woyke, who heads JGI’s User Programs. “These PIs have proposed research that … nutrient cycling, and biogeochemistry. You can learn more about this call, as well as smaller-scale calls including our New Investigator and …

… going forward. Watch this short video (below) to hear more about the summer from their own perspectives. The interns … JGI mentors are listed below, along with their project focus areas: Undergraduate Interns Andrew Lin and mentor Vy … career as well. Morgan Lavenstein Bendall : The best part about interning here is that I get to meet a lot of …

… of biology and computer science, to reveal clues about how microbial and bacteria communities influence the … places like Minnesota for example, despite taking up only about 3% of the planet’s landmass, peat moss and their … on his PhD program at UC Merced in 2013, this field was just beginning to develop and expand into the world of …

Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm … are similar to previously known genes from isolate organisms, but we still aren’t sure of their function.  However, … genes from isolates, there isn’t much scientists can tell about its function or its origin. As a result, these genes …

DOE user facilities EMSL and JGI announce FY 2020 collaborative … Biofuels and bioproducts, Biogeochemistry, and Inter-organismal interactions. Algal research features prominently among … the Sierra Nevada mountain range since 2014 to learn more about the microbial responses and feedbacks to warming …