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… after his research interests shifted from condensed matter physics to computational biology, genomics and … Chair, Computational Biology, UC Berkeley 2012 Cotton Biotechnology Award, National Cotton Council 2009 Friday …

… as DNA affinity purification sequencing or DAP-seq. The technology was developed by Ronan O’Malley , who leads the … factors have been repurposed during evolution to control new functions,” O’Malley said. “Combining the two approaches … understand known biological functions as well as discover new functions. To help drive JGI User science we have …

… science, energy conversion and water treatment as well as microbial ecology with a focus on metabolism and ecosystem … who saw the latest advancements in imaging-related technology and instrument-analytical methods.  “The … of the Microbial Genomics Program, is enthusiastic about new collaborative projects: “We are excited to continue our …

JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) recently welcomed three new members earlier this month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific … Soil Microbiome SFA. She serves as Secretary within the Microbial Ecology Section of the Ecological Society of … on JGI policies and practices that affect users and their access to technical capabilities JGI offers, as well as …

… mycelium to acquire carbon from lignocellulosic-abundant matters such as plant litter and to incorporate the … and woods into the atmosphere, while increasing the organic matter and fertility of the soil. Morels (Morchella spp.) … to mobilize organic carbon from lignocellulosic-abundant matters such as fallen leaves and woods above forest soils. …

… noted study senior author  Tanja Woyke , who heads JGI’s  Microbial Program . The team mined more than 8,500 publicly … of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Georgia Institute of Technology focused on microbial communities from freshwater … environmental conditions. Function prediction on the 2,000 new giant virus genomes led the team to uncover a prevalence …

… a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a dataset of microbial genomes sampled from rivers covering 90% of the … the continental United States. They also provided multiple access points to the information. The team harnessed a … Watershed database (GROWdb). The team also provided several access points for these datasets. As part of a larger …

… to bring in robots to help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots …