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… Database has matured from six projects on a spreadsheet into a flagship  genomic metadata repository, making curated … a broad range of activities from proposal intake to publication. Information is also obtained and cross-checked … of new components and capabilities. The most recent improvements include new features like a public API and …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … Joseph Spatafora of Oregon State University led the effort to sequence 1000 fungal genomes to create two reference … genomes that are both large and complex. The first publication of a genome generated by the OGG initiative — …

… Congratulations to the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers at the JGI! They are … production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of … CheckV , an automated tool to help researchers assess and improve the quality of metagenome-assembled viral genomes. …

… Six new members have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department … User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). They are: Ivan Baxter of the Danforth … libraries of large gene families to understand enzyme activity. As another early career researcher on the UEC, she …

… have leveraged data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and … Fungal Genomics Program Head at the JGI.  Along with an improved understanding of multiple forest systems, this work … across different forests. Primary metabolism, cell activity, and fungal development looked quite alike for each …

… Metagenome-assembled archaeal genomes provide new insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 … atmosphere and regulating the global climate for life to flourish. For Guillaume Borrel and Simonetta Gribaldo of … datasets from a variety of environments, as well as tools for analysis. “There is evidence that methanogenesis …

… environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have both the machinery to make products such as proteins, and the mechanisms for maintenance to keep processes running smoothly. As reported August 26, … User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE …

… engineered for the biochemical conversion of glucose to value-added products are limited in chemical output due to growth and viability constraints. Cell extracts provide … the source strains. (Blake Rasor) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have both the machinery to …

… JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the … User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). The accepted proposals come from 80 … Camelina sativa , and generating their  genome sequences to improve breeding by genetic improvements. Apomixis is …

… events. More time-series studies could help researchers improve predictive models on how climate change may impact … marine microbes and by extension, the ocean’s capacity to act as a carbon sink. Summary As global temperatures … a series of geographic coordinates which go from coastal to open ocean waters. Between 2010 and 2016, Hallam and his …

… changes in marine microbes, the answer is no. They refer to the infected microbial cells as virocells, a change in … them. In the ocean, viruses outnumber surface microbes 10 to 1, and 20% to 40% of the microbes are infected at any … to characterize global microbial diversity with an aim to improve predictive ecosystems models, University of …

… the earth, but most species do not grow easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists … capability that is desirable in the microbiome field due to its high recovery of single-cell genomes. This is key to … tested in human cells. To see if this method could also improve genome recovery in microbiome studies, these …