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… Developing and validating an integrated approach to genome recovery … to other methods. The Impact Understanding how individual microbes interact with each other in a community, and characterizing their … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute is supported by the …

… Protein annotations provide insights into environmental tendencies … The Science The  Metagenome Stability Diagram — a tool within the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes … more about the patterns and functions of environmental microbes. Researchers can use the tool to correlate protein …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … of course, the cells of other organisms. As they infect microbes like bacteria, algae and protists, all kinds of … began to offer a window into viral existence. Along with highlighting the viruses in a given sample, …

… A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 … of researchers sought to disrupt every gene in the genome with CRISPR-Cas9 in order to interrogate each one’s … to fix a defect in the approach: CRISPR-Cas9 relies on RNA with a short guiding sequence (20 bp) that directs the …

… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … for Microbiology (ASM). Roux leads the Viral Genomics group within the JGI Metagenome Program, and coordinates the … analysis to better characterize how viruses infect soil microbes and influence how soil ecosystems function. He was …

… Select interns look back on meaningful lessons from their summer experiences at … Students can apply for internships and work onsite with an experienced researcher who serves as their mentor. … experiences.  Genomic data scientist Deanna Beatty sat down with interns hosted at the JGI through three different …

… A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research … case studies, JGI scientific users share how they’ve worked with the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program, which started in … more than 10 papers, including two Nature Plants publications, in five years, have come out of the …

… The latest edition of the JGI Progress Report highlights notable research and scientific collaborations in 2018. The … Yosemite National Park, taken by JGI’s own Jon Bertsch. Microbes isolated from Mono Lake were sequenced by the JGI …

… Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm … wilder than ever. Imagine researchers exploring a dark room with a flashlight, only able to clearly identify what falls … Nature highlights the vast array of functional diversity of microbes through a novel approach to better understand …