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… Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Recently, Lawrence, in collaboration with researchers from ORNL, Lawrence Berkeley National … began.    Lawrence was paired with program co-founder and JGI mentor, Zhong Wang. Together, they worked to … fine tune his approach. “I got a lot of that from Zhong.”   Publication: Carrell AA et al. Habitat-adapted microbial …

… gas, regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called methanogenesis. … methane as an energy source.  Until recently, our understanding of these methanogenic microorganisms was … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… The JGI’s data stewardship expertise and infrastructure enable a broad … a new login service, requiring the use of an ORCID account with two-factor authentication enabled to log in. Check our … data, open to all researchers. Book a session via the appointment calendar for technical help, feedback or a guided …

… Innovative technology from this biomanufacturing collaboration is … in urine to create hydroxyapatite, a high-value biomaterial with a wide range of industrial applications. The team was … partnership that combines the JGI’s genomic capabilities with the Foundry’s nanoscale materials research. As …

… How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality reference genome … are available. The genome assemblies highlight the multiple advances in sequencing technologies applied to the …

… Sugarcane was the last major crop without a reference quality genome and now crop researchers … technologies for  biofuels and other bioproducts. Finally, understanding how brown rust disease resistance works in … Many plants, sugarcane included, are polyploid and have multiple copies of chromosomes. Sugarcane accounts for 80% …

… Novel study looks at microbiomes in aerial surfaces of plants and their roles in plant health … known as the aerial surface of plants, is a comparatively understudied area of forest ecosystems as past studies have … land and the atmosphere. Microbes living there can interact with chemical defenses of plants and influence nutrient …

… a wildfire. The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi … driving more extreme wildfires, more and more forests are under threat. Understanding which microbes in the soil …

… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a … can have a significant impact on the microbial communities within soil. Using metagenomics, scientists can shed light … soil viruses and AMGs. It could spawn future research into understanding why these AMGs exist in the first place, and …

… Dr. Sneddon is the Advanced Analysis Group Lead in the Data Science and Informatics Department at the Joint Genome Institute. His … MW, Pontius, W, and Emonet, T. Stochastic coordination of multiple actuators reduces latency and improves chemotactic … simulation and coarse-graining of biological complexity with NFsim. Nature Methods 8, 177–183 (2011).  …