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A former JGI intern is now applying his internship lessons on … his backyard in Tennessee — the birds are chirping and a soft breeze ripples through the trees in his backyard. … fine tune his approach. “I got a lot of that from Zhong.”   Publication: Carrell AA et al. Habitat-adapted microbial …

Journal publication caps JGI pilot project with fledgling Florida … school scientists. The Florida Everglades evokes images of fanboats skimming over swamps, while alligators peer … provides the only known reference microbiome data sets for the Loxahatchee Refuge,  was published in the journal  …

… in  Microbiome , researchers from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data suite—which includes  IMG/VR (for Virus)—for the virophage marker gene MCP, they were able … contigs were considered to be complete genomes, and their discovery has extended the possible virophage genome size …

… advances in sequencing technologies applied to the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including … contamination, and drought. The moss genomes’ metabolic pathways could lead to the discovery of genes that could be used for multiple …

This year the AGU Fall Meeting, with the theme “Science is … hosts sessions in New Orleans and online. Register for the meeting here. Here are some sessions of interest (all times in PST unless otherwise noted): …

New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent … JGI and EMSL. New Methane-Makers Have Alternate Metabolic Pathways And there is something special about these new … global carbon cycle and greenhouse gas dynamics, and the engineering of new, optimized methane-making microbes. In …

Woyke and other JGI researchers made their debut writing for the Nature Reviews Microbiology column last year — and … more to come in 2020. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … .  The latest article, published January 27, is about engineering plants and their microbiomes for more …

… challenges. Sorghum stands out as a candidate feedstock for biofuels thanks to its drought and flood hardiness. Even … oxygen. Both sugarcane and corn share this photosynthetic pathway. However, neither crop shares sorghum’s hardiness, … reference genome for Sorghum bicolor . Since then, 2,993 publications, 107 patent applications, and 53 patents have …

Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a scientific contribution? …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … 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 — …

… living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for bioenergy.   The Science Hydrothermal vents are … get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … communities, with possible applications in biogeochemical engineering,  biofuel production and more. … This work was …