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… results from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for … most species do not grow easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists usually employ … is through a method called Multiple Displacement Amplification, and most genomes that were acquired through it were …

… them tantalizing plants to harness for bioenergy. In this episode, hear from Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists who have uncovered remarkable genetic …

… The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” … this means using proteins on its tail fibers to latch onto a specific target on the microbial cell’s … ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a “diversity generating …

… joined the JGI in 2003, following his postdoctoral training at UC Berkeley and work in the pharmaceutical industry. He … National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of California, Berkeley. He contributed to the Human Genome Project and led annotation and analysis of diverse …

… in the bioenergy and biotechnology potential of algae, and sampling of the length and breadth of algal diversity, the numbers of sequenced algal genomes, and the quality of those genomes, is rising. The purpose of this Workshop is to illustrate the expansion of this field and bring it to the …

… access to all kinds of sequencing, ‘omics and bioinformatics capabilities — and it’s open to scientists at any career stage, anywhere in the world, for free. We … up – in January, March, and later on in the spring. In this episode, hear proposal tips from Tanja Woyke, who runs user …

… Science group led by Nikos Kyrpides , mining the Integrated Microbial Genomics & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system’s immense … is a pioneer in metagenomic studies, recovering microbial genomes from biofilm samples at the Richmond Mine in Iron … for Some Type V CRISPR-Cas Systems Mol Cell. 2020 Aug 6;79(3):416-424.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.06.022. Wright …

… Kasey Markel and Patrick Shih (UC Berkeley and the Joint BioEnergy Institute) … new ways to engineer plants. So they’ve looked into wasps that program oak trees to raise their young in structures called galls.  In this episode, hear from Kasey and Patrick about how this project …

… This series is the story of a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In this episode: a look at the supercomputing that stitches together large datasets …

… though, many viruses have been somewhat invisible to the sampling experiments probing Earth’s ecosystems. Viruses … because they often need unique conditions and a specific microbial host to replicate. Sequencing genetic material … Beginning in the early 2000s , these environmental metagenomes began to offer a window into viral existence. Along …