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… 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 …

… For the Joint Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a quadrillion nucleotide bases of DNA sequence to the public data repositories over its now …

… 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 …

… The JGI and EMSL are U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national scientific user facilities dedicated to … Click to view a downloadable copy of the sponsor prospectus … Keynote Speakers Jim Collins Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kristala Prather Massachusetts Institute of …

… campus. Organized every two years since 2018, the goal of this symposium is to bring together a “Viral Ecogenomics” … uncultivated viral diversity, understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore … be held on Nov. 18 in the Tilden room and open-air patio of the same building.  The symposium will include a mix of …

… and supporting applications that span the lifecycle of activities at JGI - proposal submission and review, … automated sequence quality control and automation of microbial/metagenomic assemblies, portals that make data … he worked with the Informatics Department to develop software that pushed instrument run information directly into …

… the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even … bacteria aren’t usually visible without the assistance of microscope. “It’s 5,000 times bigger than most bacteria. … the new organelles named pepins played a role in the evolution of the Thiomargarita magnifica extreme size, and …

… human chromosomes 5, 16, and 19. Following the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, he developed … assembly, and improvement strategies for de novo sequencing of eukaryotic organisms from simple yeasts to large … the JGI Plant Program, focusing on the organization of community driven science for JGI Plant Flagship Genomes …

… National Laboratory where he focused on functional genomics of phototrophs. Through this and post-doctoral positions at University of Florida and UCLA he has worked with a wide range of eukaryotic algae, archaea and bacteria with a view to … B.Sc. (HONS) – University of Wales, Cardiff, Genetics Ph.D. – University of …

… Her current research focuses on leveraging thousands of metagenomic datasets from host-associated and … Fellow at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as part of the Marine Microbiology Initiative. She conducted her … at the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and her graduate work in …

… chemical factories. They hold genetic blueprints for dozens of complex compounds, but stay largely dormant under standard conditions. As described in a recent issue of mSystems , scientists found that adding salt to the … provides engineers concrete targets for optimization. Many of the metabolic switches identified are shared across …