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… was being waged. In the JGI@25 video below, Susan Lucas, former JGI Production Department Head and current ESnet … the people and resources from these three national labs to form the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 1997. Over the next … years, and in collaboration with researchers at the Stanford Human Genome Center, JGI staff worked around the clock …

… advances in sequencing technologies applied to the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including … could lead to the discovery of genes that could be used for multiple biotechnological applications. These … an answer to the question, “Why bother keeping this?” For Stuart McDaniel’s lab at the University of Florida, an …

… the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection … and Liability Act (CERCLA) was enacted by Congress in 1980 for Superfund sites which are hazardous waste areas that … environmental management, contributing to bioremediation efforts for decades. Identifying resident microbes that can …

… Genome Project (HGP), and building upon the principles for open access in the field of genomics established in  Bermuda (1996-1997) and reinforced by the  Fort Lauderdale Agreement (2003), the JGI recognized the … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… new ecological habitat. The Science By comparing genetic information from similar organisms, researchers have gained … rot Serpula lacrymans towards breaking down plant mass for conversion to sustainable, alternative biofuels and … is typically found in spruce and other conifers in boreal forests. As these trees were harvested for constructing …

… and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in … the National Microbiome Data Collaborative’s EDGE platform. The Impact In order to gain more insights into Earth’s … that combines and builds on two standard techniques for identifying viruses and plasmids. Until now, most other …

… cycles, and possibly cold-temperature enzymes for biotechnological use. Summary Conditions such as extreme … understand how they’ve adapted to these conditions, information that could have biotechnological applications. The … Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) platform. These data allowed researchers to define a haloarchaea …

… OnLine Database celebrates 25 years as a vital resource for data contextualization The Science Since its launch 25 … genomic data usage is having the appropriate contextual information, or metadata, stored with them. GOLD provides manually curated metadata resources for organisms and environmental samples. The database …

… the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but most … shotgun metagenomic sequencing and single-cell sequencing. For years, extracting single cells and then amplifying their DNA for genome sequencing was no easy task. The traditional way …

… a 2012 Community Science Program proposal. Joseph Spatafora of Oregon State University led the effort to sequence 1000 fungal genomes to create two reference genomes for all fungi families — essentially, the foundation for an …

… Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna of the University of California, Berkeley and Berkeley Lab, who discussed the … and how understanding these genes has helped pave the way for the conception of a pangenome. Recordings and recaps of … “Although single-celled, photosynthetic organisms can form massive blooms in the ocean that can stretch over …

… successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results published … with potential applications in industry and biotechnology for the production of  clean energy . Summary Arbuscular … mycorrhizal fungi, live within a plant’s root system. They form mutually beneficial relationships with over 80% of land …