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… Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in the Class of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The selection process … As a result, the giant virus protein space grew from 123,000 to over 900,000 proteins, and virus diversity in this …

…   For years, researchers have known that many datasets miss a key part of microbial genomes: the mobile genetic elements, or MGEs, …

… Meta-omics datasets show that CRISPR-Cas systems determine mutualism or … The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet … mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of the chemicals they need to survive. To fill in their …

… data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the genomes of algae? You now have one place where you can browse the … and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system for microbial and metagenome datasets, MycoCosm for comparative analysis of fungal …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex … Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant world facilitating the remixing of genes in the next generation of flowering vegetation. In … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… a new reference genome for eucalyptus in the July edition of the journal G3 Genes | Genomes | Genetics , with significant advances … both haplotypes, meaning it separately represents the sets of chromosomes inherited from each parent. It also has … Myburg, Wegrzyn, Borevitz) conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute ( https://ror.org/04xm1d337 …

… JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland Hatzenpichler of Montana State University, Teresa Pawlowska of Cornell University, and Jana U’Ren (pronounced … career stages. The election period concluded on December 23, 2021. …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference … grass Miscanthus sinensis has been published. Analysis of the genome sequence also provides insights into how the … Innovation, which is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and …

… Mr. Everson rejoined the JGI in 2020  and leads all aspects of JGI Operations which include the Safety, Finance, Human … Joint Genome Institute after serving as the Chief Operating Officer of the DOE Joint Bioenergy Institute and the Operations … The Deputy of Operations provides oversight and leadership of JGI …

… A collaborative team led by Geoffrey Schiebinger at the University of British Columbia, … and combining the information with previously published datasets. The work was  recently published in the journal  … “This represents the largest integration of single-cell datasets in plants and provides a foundation for still …

… to aid with genome assembly and transcriptome analysis of microbial, fungal, and plant research projects.  More … continuously improved, but currently require input in the ~ 30 – 100ng range. Note that beyond quantity, input quality … as part of our data analysis plan mapping of short-reads datasets (metagenome or metatranscriptome) to a relevant …

… The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … meal. In their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic fungi, which can breathe oxygen — just like we do. Oxygen is a rich source of energy, and because anaerobic fungi can’t harness it, …