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… identified a virus protein tied to carbon cycling.  The Science Through a collaborative effort, researchers have … impact on the microbial communities within soil. Using metagenomics, scientists can shed light on hidden components, … second only to cellulose.  Chitin is also a common food source for microbes living within soil. So, the chitosanase …

… Genomics and Systems Biology Division of the Lab’s Biosciences Area since 2018. Woyke also holds appointments as … honor,” said Axel Visel , JGI Deputy for Science Programs. “It clearly speaks to the enormous impact her … Woyke’s caliber support the JGI User community in accessing our resources and help them to push the boundaries of energy …

… broadens understanding of Antarctic biogeography. The Science Haloarchaea flourish in hypersaline environments, and researchers are … haloarchaea from different Antarctic lakes. To assess the genomic variation in haloarchaea, they also characterized … Research Council (DP150100244) and the Australian Antarctic Science program (project 4031). The work conducted by the US …

… Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … and the  DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) . Metagenomics is the study of the microbial communities in the … Path for Metagenomics Researchers Building upon these resources, KBase, a multi-institutional collaborative knowledge …

… hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly … enzyme activity assay. The work was  reported in  The ISME Journal . While the screen caught several microbes from known … this microbe. The work is an example of how function-driven genomics, which Woyke and her colleagues define as “any form …

… lake microbial communities change with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria (phototrophs) in … dominates these polar environments greatly contributes to our larger understanding of carbon and other nutrient cycles … collected over a 10-year period and sent to JGI for metagenomic sequencing. A study  recently published in  …

… Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship … graduate student Mentors: Igor Grigoriev and Asaf Salamov, Fungal and Algal Program What effect has your summer … researchers and help expand or develop more internship programs like the JGI Internship Program during my STEM …

… JGI staff who mentored students this past year, through programs including the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program and the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program. (Watch … that anaerobic fungi from herbivore poop might be a new source of novel compounds to help bolster the bioeconomy. …