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… domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with … they need to survive. To fill in their nutrient gaps, they must latch onto a larger host — often, a fellow archaeal … cycling across the planet. Summary To understand more about how archaeal hosts and hitchhikers coexist, …

… crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, … and seed yield. Conversely, some crops such as bioenergy sorghum may need sterile males; plant breeding experiments … HudsonAlpha. As the team discussed in a JGI podcast episode about the work, the effort to fully sequence the fire moss …

… began in late 2013, when a large patch of warm ocean water about a third the size of the United States began forming in … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … free-living microbes that can fix carbon dioxide replaced organic matter scavengers. This preliminary model aligns …

… fungi can form such symbiotic partnerships. To learn more about these other plant-fungal relationships, an … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … The team then compared this dataset against nearly 80 previously published fungal genomes on the JGI data portal …

… Pennacchio joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to … at Stanford University where he uncovered the genetic cause of a rare form of human epilepsy and subsequently generated one of the first mouse models for this common neurological disorder. In 1999, …

… are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are abundant … action triggers subsurface carbon cycling, releasing fresh organic carbon which can serve as a food source for other … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). To learn more about how microbial populations respond to virus infections, …

… includes 10 affiliated with the JGI . The 2019 list focused on Highly Cited Papers, defined in the Methodology … gradient across the United States. Go here to learn more about the project . Igor Grigoriev and Asaf Salamov were … genomes of more than 300 Aspergillus Go here to learn more about the project. Natalia Ivanova, Nikos Kyrpides, Susannah …

… at Argonne National Laboratory. Dr. Kyrpides’ research focus on Microbiome Research with an emphasis on Microbiome … S, et al. (2021) Metagenomic compendium of 189,680 DNA viruses from the human gut microbiome. Nat Microbiol . … Mol Cell . S1097-2765 Schulz F, et al. 2020. Giant virus diversity and host interactions through global …

… JGI’s Operations Deputy has come to a close as this previously retired Naval Commander retires from Berkeley Lab. For … is still good. “I noticed right away,” said Ellen Ford about Ray’s personal impact on her, “that you started … to be firm on the science requirements and when to be forgiving when need be in order to bring the project home, …

… of biology and computer science, to reveal clues about how microbial and bacteria communities influence the … places like Minnesota for example, despite taking up only about 3% of the planet’s landmass, peat moss and their … on his PhD program at UC Merced in 2013, this field was just beginning to develop and expand into the world of …

… Learn more about MycoCosm, a data portal with over 2,000 fungal genomes …