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… have now developed CheckV (pronounced “Check-Vee”) to help researchers assess and improve the quality of metagenome-assembled viral genomes . … Environmental DNA sequencing can help scientist to recover the genomes of these viruses and associate them …

For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership more clearly. The Science … revive in mere seconds or minutes — a trait that could help improve crop drought resilience. It’s a superpower even …

… decades, advancements in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of microbial genomes becoming available to the global research community.  Published January 17, … datasets used in this study could help researchers improve their chances of recovering specific isolate species …

Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and … earth are becoming common images in many regions due to more extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts … with adverse environmental conditions, researchers hope to improve yields for other crops under water-limited …

… components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, … that eventually yield fuels, and removing lignin in order to do so is a resource-intensive process. Now, a new study …

Scientists have discovered that the candidate bioenergy feedstock switchgrass has adapted to expand its habitat range. But at what cost?  A … in providing genetic variation available for selection to improve biofuel yield through a changing future. Switchgrass …

Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel … Because most microbes cannot be cultivated under laboratory conditions, their genomes can’t be sequenced using … microbes.” Teams of researchers worked on multiple analyses harnessing the genome repository, and the IMG/M team …

… (JGI) and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) for “Empowering Automated Laboratories: Integrating Experimentation with Data.” The event …

Research Institute, the 2025 NeLLi Symposium delves into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and latest discoveries toward the evolution of cellular complexity and microbial … cycles and beyond, as well as microbial symbioses. We aim to foster discussions centered on how to capture, define, …

Jan. 7: New Capabilities to Study Secondary Metabolism   Although there are still a large number of secondary metabolites yet to be discovered and their biosynthetic logics to be understood, accessing these untapped metabolic …

… in fields ranging from plant-microbe interactions to functional genomics. Hear from five of the Summer 2019 … 4th year PhD student in Quantitative and Systems Biology Mentor: Guohong Wu, Plant Comparative Analysis What effect has your summer internship with the JGI had on your plans to pursue a STEM career?
 Doing the JGI internship has given …

… “petabase” – a quadrillion nucleotide bases of DNA sequence to the public data repositories over its now 20-plus-year history. In 2019, the countdown has begun to the June …