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For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a written report that is … to a savory meal, while others may be useful in the biofuel and synthetic biology fields. In a living cell, triplets of …
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… 2025 Community Science Program Annual Call. These projects include cutting-edge research into microbial communities — … estuaries reshaped by dam removal to Antarctica’s photosynthetic mats — to reveal how these systems adapt and … and Environmental Research (BER) missions in sustainable biofuel and bioproducts production, global carbon and …
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Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user … Biologie. His team proposed to sequence Chaetoceros microalgae, or diatoms. Through the Tara Oceans Expeditions that … took place between 2009 and 2013, the Chaetoceros genus has been identified as the most abundant in the world’s …
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… comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for multiple applications. Despite advances in sequencing technologies and computational methods in the … modeling is a routine analysis for isolate genomes, but has not been done at scale for uncultivated microbes,” said …
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Dr. Roux joined the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His … in the fields of virus ecology and virus genomics, where he has engaged in collaborative, interdisciplinary research …
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Fine-tuning metabolic gene expression helps identify variants … pathways for making high-value bioproducts including biofuels. In addition, the team says that this experiment … gene expression on two energy-filled sugars used in biofuel production, glycerol and galactose. Although they …
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Mr. Schmutz’s involvement with the DOE Joint Genome Institute dates back … Institute for Biotechnology. There he constructed the pipelines for directed finishing and co-led the team that … vertebrate genomes. For the past 13 years, Mr. Schmutz has directed the JGI Plant Program, focusing on the …
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In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … of beans may not seem to amount to much, the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is actually a vital source of protein in … maximizing soybean, the common bean’s close relative, as a biofuel. To this end, a team of researchers led by Jeremy …
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Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes … they are, and the roles that they might play in the wild, hasn’t been clear. Now, to answer these questions, a team … who led the research team and is the head of the Viral Genomics group at the JGI, thinks that if you’re a virus or …
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… Join the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Environmental Molecular Sciences … will include: environmental microbiomes biodesign and synthetic biology AI/ML-enabled laboratory automation, data …
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