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User Executive Committee Charter
… The JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) represents the JGI user community and is responsible for providing input and advice on JGI policies and practices that … including areas where more or less capacity is needed, new capabilities desired, or capabilities that could be …
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Enlarging Windows into Understanding Gene Functions
… JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in sequences … it can also serve as a stepping stone to studying many genomes simultaneously through multiDAP, which allows … factors have been repurposed during evolution to control new functions,” O’Malley said. “Combining the two approaches …
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Complete genome sequence of the thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing Bacillus tusciae type strain (T2T) and reclassification in the new genus, Kyrpidia gen. nov. as Kyrpidia tusciae comb. nov. and emendation of the family Alicyclobacillaceae da Costa and
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Building Sphagnum Genomic Resources
… JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a … up nearly 3 percent of the earth’s land surface. In the New Phytologist, researchers led by David Weston of Oak … researchers are aiming to have two high quality reference genomes for peat-forming species that occupy different …
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Two new high-resolution crystal structures of carboxysome pentamer proteins reveal high structural conservation of CcmL orthologs among distantly related cyanobacterial species
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The landscape of Chlamydomonas histone H3 lysine 4 methylation reveals both constant features and dynamic changes during the diurnal cycle
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The crystal structure of Grindelia robusta 7,13-copalyl diphosphate synthase reveals active site features controlling catalytic specificity
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JGI@25: Solving the Mystery of the Missing Oil
… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase … cell genomics expertise led to the identification of a new “oil-seeking” species related to Oceanospirillales , …
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DAS Tool for Genome Reconstruction from Metagenomes
… Developing and validating an integrated approach to genome recovery from metagenomes. The Science Through the JGI’s Emerging Technologies … from soil samples, researchers were able to reconstruct 79 minimally contaminated (<5%) draft genomes to >70% … Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. Support was provided by the DOE and the National Institutes of Health, and …
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Jane Grimwood Named HudsonAlpha Genomics Chair
… HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology! Loretta Spencer served as a manyterm mayor of Huntsville, Alabama and is known … she has continued to contribute across JGI plant genomes. She has appeared on the annual Highly Cited … large-scale multi-institutional JGI projects and resulting publications that Grimwood contributed to include: A 2021 …
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For the Tiniest Archaea, A Genomic Switch of Friend or Foe
… are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of the chemicals they need to survive. To fill in their nutrient gaps, they must latch onto a … are difficult to study in the lab. Metagenomics provides new views of these relationships.  Recently , researchers …
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Nitrosococcus watsonii sp. nov., a new species of marine obligate ammonia‐oxidizing bacteria that is not omnipresent in the world's oceans: calls to validate the names ‘Nitrosococcus halophilus’ and ‘Nitrosomonas mobilis’
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