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… “Adopt a Genome” is an informal program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s … the expectation that faculty will work with undergraduates in the analysis and publication of the claimed genome sequences. This opportunity, provided by the Joint Genome Institute, builds upon thousands of microbial …

… In late June, Kathleen Lail, a member of JGI’s Sample … interview between the class and the JGI, the students found out that their project was approved and was being … data set on the IMG portal. The class discovered Actinobacteria, Acidobacteria, and Proteobacteria to be the most …

…   Visualizing a novel, candidate viral genome found in the deep … DNA sequences that code for CRISPR systems, which help bacteria resist foreign genetic elements by incorporating … This work received funding by the Alfred P. Sloan foundation (grant number G-2017-9955), the Ministry of …

… Dr. Frederik Schulz joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016 and is leading the New Lineages … Group. His research is focussed on the discovery of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and viruses in … University of Vienna (Austria) PhD Microbial Ecology and Bioinformatics, University of Vienna (Austria) …

… Laboratory (EMSL) co-hosted a JGI Engagement: Accessing Resources at Multiple DOE User Facilities with a Single Proposal webinar, inviting researchers to apply for … and nanoPOTs. The JGI’s single cell capabilities range from traditional single cell sequencing and mini-metagenomics to …

… Leveraging massive comparative genomics to decode millions of mystery genes and lay a future-ready foundation     Over the past billion years, fungi have … entirely new capabilities through partnerships with bacterial symbionts, and how others revolutionized their …

… The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why twice each year we … led any previously-accepted proposals —  through the  New Investigator call under our Community Science Program.  …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are … For bacteriophage viruses, these hosts are microbes like bacteria, not humans. With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds …

… Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant to living on a changing planet. Mo Kaze is a University of … and his subsequent book  Thing Explainer, Kaze took on the challenge of explaining her research using the ten hundred …