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… combo helps further demystify biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those … (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is the leading tool for accurately editing genomes, its … and other industries — yet there’s still so much about them we don’t know.  Unlocking the power of secondary …

Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy … popularizer and communicator (and at one time, the spouse of Lynn Margulis). The information was then used to … Program head Tanja Woyke of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science …

… reveals the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental … Dehalococcoides mccartyi and  Dehalobacter restrictus,  that work together to break down PCE into the chemical … areas that require cleanup and long-term monitoring. The DOE has been similarly invested in environmental management, …

… complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic … off early from aerobic fungi, which can breathe oxygen — just like we do. Oxygen is a rich source of energy, and … genomes were sequenced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science …

… for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental samples. The … targeted genomic approach would allow researchers to focus on specific microbes within metagenome samples and … traditional shotgun metagenomics approach to learning more about environmental samples starts with researchers first …

… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical cycles…. Viruses play a pretty important role in the cycling of … Amundson at Colorado State University have many questions about the microbial communities deep underground, and before …

Originally conceived as a UC Merced graduate student summer research experience at the JGI, the Genomics Internship Program soon expanded to … Merced students have contributed to the research of numerous JGI scientists. Interns say their experiences allowed …

Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately identify mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic … biogeochemical cycles around them. By understanding more about the genomics of MGEs and their evolution at the …

… research training experience. Enabled by the DOE RENEW initiative, undergraduate student Ti’Yanna Watson and graduate … fellow interns and scientists alike. Want to learn more about their experience? Watch the short video below. Video … fall for my master’s in plant soil science and my career focus is plant breeding. Ti’Yanna Watson: My mentor is Dr. Yi …

Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring … Information, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science …

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JGI researchers lend expertise to develop tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth outnumber the stars in the Milky Way, viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, scientists at the DOE Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science user …