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Reviews Microbiology column last year — and there’s more to come in 2020. Researchers at the U.S. Department of … Institute in the UK — a nonprofit that was founded to help sequence the human genome. Today, the Sanger Institute … hot topics in genomics.” And it makes sense to Woyke why JGI would have this role. “We work with leaders in …

… site. The chemical PCE (perchloroethylene) found its way into the groundwater of several communities in New Mexico via … to bioremediation efforts for decades. Identifying resident microbes that can help bioremediate toxic substances has led … and 2010. DNA was extracted from the samples that were sequenced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …

JGI will advance the bioeconomy, leveraging partnerships to advance foundational science, creating opportunities for the global research community. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) has released … scientific mission.” Strategic Plan Highlights:  Nutrient cycling theme. Advancing the JGI’s ability to predict and …

… showed that single cell genomics can add significant value to the other commonly used culture-independent sequencing … between the analyzed community members. The Impact Though microbes help regulate the planet’s nutrient cycles and are … snippets of microbial genomes directly from environmental sequence data, by piecing each genome together from large …

… best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their local environments; for example, crop and … (Berkeley Lab), has produced a high-quality reference sequence of the complex switchgrass  genome using samples … many parts of the country also helped the team understand why some switchgrass plants from the Northeast have traits …

Congratulations to Susannah Tringe , one of eight scientists and engineers … Tringe, a microbiologist, was recognized for “advances in sequence-based studies of microbial assemblies, revealing the roles of microbial communities in carbon cycling, in interactions with plants, and as drivers of …