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… communities deep underground, and before the pandemic, they took the JGI on a sampling field trip. One of the questions … (FICUS) . Through FICUS, the researchers have tapped into the resources and capabilities of both the JGI and the Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory (EMSL) at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. …

… mgm.jgi.doe.gov   This highly hands-on workshop is designed to familiarize users with the Integrated Microbial Genomes & … data. IMG/M is a web-based platform that provides access to the wealth of public microbiome sequence data and enables the user to analyze these data with existing bioinformatic methods to …

… After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products and their derivatives during her … University Tübingen (Germany), Dr. Woyke pursued her postdoctoral research at the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2004. … position in 2007, she switched gears from metagenomics to single-cell genomics, which is now her primary interest …

… JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the … and algae’s roles in nutrient cycling, now a facet of the  Fungal & Algal Program . For example, green algae represent … the largest group of primary producers generating organic compounds through photosynthesis, but only a fraction have …

… Microbiology has developed, tested and deployed a pipeline to first target cells from communities of uncultivated … a more targeted genomic approach would allow researchers to focus on specific microbes within metagenome samples and … JGI’s  Emerging Technologies Opportunity Program . The ETOP helps researchers develop technology that can then be made …

… of infecting different host species? Or, do they tend to specialize, infecting just a single host? Another wrinkle … affect their prey in different ways. They have the capacity to kill outright, replicating so thoroughly that they lyse … understanding the predator-prey dynamics in these mats helps constrain models that estimate biogeochemical fluxes. …

… Four researchers have been elected to the User Executive Committee of the Joint Genome … professor at Michigan State University. He studies fungal biodiversity, ecology, and evolution, with a focus on … and Archaea (GEBA) project. As a UEC member, he aims to help the JGI improve its interactions with the broader user …

… A new approach for improving functional annotation in fungal genomes. The Science In a proof-of-concept study, … yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae , allowing this species to grow better than its closest relative S. paradoxus at … including biofuel production. Efforts such as the 1000 Fungal Genomics Project led by the DOE Joint Genome …