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In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Viruses are everywhere — in soil, the sea and, of course, the cells of other organisms. As they infect microbes like bacteria, algae and protists, all kinds of …
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As warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are … such as tourism and recreation, on which coastal and island nations, like the UK, depend, said Mock. “I think …
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… have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute … Danforth Plant Science Center, where his group focuses on interactions underlying plant adaptation in different … and evolution, he helps manage the Bacterial-Fungal Interactions Science Focus Area. He has partnered with the …
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… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship internship program between the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What started with 2 interns in … working on his post-doctoral position with the Plant and Microbe Interaction group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, …
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… less than previously believed. The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in … assumed, due to the wide and varied geographic footprint of the plant, that eelgrass began colonizing the oceans … Population and evolutionary genomics of host–microbiome interactions in Zostera marina and other seagrasses). The …
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… analyzing the enzymes present in the complex organic matrix of the forest floor, a team of researchers have found that … nitrogen-metabolizing enzymes are abundant, and to which microbes they belong. This study provides further insights … picture of microbial genes in the soil and to which type of microbe they belonged. The team worked with the U.S. …
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PCE (perchloroethylene) found its way into the groundwater of several communities in New Mexico via leakage from a … to bioremediation efforts for decades. Identifying resident microbes that can help bioremediate toxic substances has led … (ERD.) It is dependent on the presence of the existing microbes in the groundwater and adjusting the environmental …
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The JGI’s DNA Synthesis Program supports a wide range of projects, from single-gene synthesis to the synthesis of entire chromosomes, advancing the development of biofuels, biochemicals and other bioenergy solutions. …
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Her current research focuses on leveraging thousands of metagenomic datasets from host-associated and … and characterize genomic information from uncultivated microbes and viruses. Prior to joining the JGI, she was a Bioinformatics …
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… data modeling, and biological data management. She was one of the co-authors and key developers of the Object-Protocol Model (OPM) data management tools for … S et al. IMG/VR v4: an expanded database of uncultured virus genomes within a framework of extensive functional, …
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For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) participants. One is a fungus (usually … two main branches of fungi); another is a photosynthetic microbe, tucked in the fungus’ tissue. If you’re a Marvel …
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