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… SIP labwork and analysis can be very demanding.  The JGI offers SIP analysis to make these experiments accessible to … This episode, Rex Malmstrom (JGI), and Roli Wilhelm (Purdue University), share a few different ways they're working to … more reusable, and more insightful, for the future of studying microbial communities.   …

… Institute.  The Science Researchers report the discovery of miniature Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short … by a team led by Jennifer Doudna’s group at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, which is also … the virus. In Science , a team led by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, report the …

… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most microbes cannot … Building upon these resources, KBase, a multi-institutional collaborative knowledge creation and discovery environment …

… get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … that live there.  Researchers from Portland State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison collected 40 samples from … OCE-2049478 and DBI-2047598 to K.A. We thank the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (Community Science Program …

… JGI’s  PhycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative … on, there are 7 genomes on NCBI but your portal has only 2 of them. A: Watch the video (above) for the answer provided … would it be possible to add a feature to look for synteny of the target genome with itself, to identify regions that …

… Joint Genome Institute (JGI) provide access to a variety of tools that leverage stable isotopes to measure carbon and … The more the better. We want to put at least a microgram of DNA in the tube so you’d need at least 2 micrograms in … spectrometry (LCMS).  We do a hydrolyzation of the DNA and we look and quantify the isotopomers. We …

… through the plant portal  Phytozome . Now the portal offers a way for users to more easily access public data sets through a common set of metadata. For Steve Wilson, JGI’s Systems Engineering … ). “We have made a concerted effort to create a common set of ‘baseline metadata’ across the files that are submitted …

… fungal infections. That’s why Mars, Inc., a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years and one of the world’s largest buyers of cocoa, is collaborating with others to develop healthier … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade” by … Tanja Woyke (Biology and Biochemistry)  Here’s a selection of studies these busy bees contributed to:  Giant bacteria … to ground-breaking research following the discovery of bacteria 5,000 times the average size. Woyke’s  Single …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) participants. One is a fungus (usually … team led by Daniele Armaleo, a biologist at Duke University, investigated Gray’s Cup lichen  (Cladonia grayi) …

… impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave … The Blob reached southern California. Steven Hallam of the University of British Columbia was already collecting ocean … a former postdoctoral fellow in the Hallam lab now at the University of Southern Denmark, and colleagues at Hakai …

… didn’t really fully exist back then,” said Hal Alper, a University of Texas at Austin professor, “but we really first heard … moved to UC Davis in 2014,” recalled Philipp Zerbe of the University of California, Davis. “The work with JGI was one … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …