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Pictured is a timelapse of the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above …

For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … one of the two main branches of fungi); another is a photosynthetic microbe, tucked in the fungus’ tissue. If you’re a …

Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in …

For the last 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. On July 1, 2020, that all changed. … as a typical monthly JGI All-Hands Meeting, after a couple of perfunctory items, the agenda went off the rails – …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … a 2012 Community Science Program proposal. Joseph Spatafora of Oregon State University led the effort to sequence … genomes that are both large and complex. The first publication of a genome generated by the OGG initiative — …

Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the … occupy more space on Earth than any other ecosystem. Therefore, understanding the microbial activity that dominates … greatly contributes to our larger understanding of carbon and other nutrient cycles on a global scale. Summary …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … relevant to living on a changing planet. Transcript for Audio Two special days occur in April: the 50th …

A collaborative team led by Hao Tan from the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China and involving Francis … Fungal Genomes Project, which aims to provide genomic information for every family of fungi. In the following guest …

The Secondary Metabolism Collaboratory encourages user engagement. The … metabolites are produced by groups of genes known as biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs.) As reported in the recent … more than 13 million BGCs in the catalog at the time of publication, it is the largest repository of BGC sequence …

Gary Trubl, a virologist and postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is using bioinformatics and isotopes to track how viruses influence the flow of carbon in permafrost.  …

To expand access to integrated data, improve tools and … cohesive data standards, the JGI partners with a number of facilities.  … Through its partnership with NERSC and the … to both expertise and infrastructure to facilitate these efforts. Particular areas of emphasis will be the development …

Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of Chytridiomycota (the … attracted the attention of many mycologists with the two publications of the kingdom-wide, multi-gene phylogeny of …