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… As warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to … other words, some like it hot; some do not. “We can think about the ocean, naively, as a sort of homogeneous medium. … moderate waters that have an average surface temperature of about 58° Fahrenheit (14° Celsius) — a cool intermediate to …

… Learn more about MycoCosm, a data portal with over 2,000 fungal genomes … equipped with interactive web-based tools for comparative genomics and community annotation. Presented by Igor …

… identify mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic … biogeochemical cycles around them. By understanding more about the genomics of MGEs and their evolution at the cellular level, … (https://ror.org/05v3mvq14), are DOE Office of Science User Facilities operated under Contract No. …

… reductase system, researchers could open avenues for using bacteria to produce ethylene and more.  Microbes excel … miscellanea of their surroundings. Case in point: for us, the smell of the ocean simply signals we’re near the … contexts.  “That allows us now to really start thinking about the structure-function relationship. What could we do, …

… and is further leveraging the services of the Arizona Genomics Institute for DNA and RNA extractions to support … expand data functionality. Close partnerships with other user facilities enable the ability to leverage their … through the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) program.     …

… La Salle High School expressed an interest in learning more about the principles of synthetic biology, Robert Evans and Jan-Fang Cheng in the Functional Genomics group took it upon themselves to mentor them. …

… haloarchaea from different Antarctic lakes. To assess the genomic variation in haloarchaea, they also characterized … sequences from six hypersaline lakes, researchers focused on understanding the genomic variation in haloarchaea … and possibly cold-temperature enzymes for biotechnological use. Summary Conditions such as extreme cold, high levels of …

… highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science Shiitake mushrooms get their name from the same place they often … besides Europe and Antarctica. A  new analysis takes a  genomic look at Lentinula samples from around the world. By …

… A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four … different lifestyles. The Science The bacterium SAR324 is unusually cosmopolitan. In the ocean’s North Pacific … surface, to the blue-lit twilight zone, to the continuous pressure of the dark abyss, 4000 m (2.5 miles) deep. …

… who has been appointed the Loretta Purdy Spencer Chair in Genomics at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology! … reference sequence of the complex switchgrass genome , using samples from common gardens growing across the … involved researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, HudsonAlpha, and the JGI. Building off this work, …

… to right are: [Above] Sara Branco, Asdrubal Burgos, Posy Busby, Hao Chen, Jay Chen, Maureen Coleman and Hugh Cross; [Below] Zac Freedman, Martin Jonikas, Lotus Lofgren, Fumito Maruyama, Lauren Stadler, Tingting Xiang … This portfolio accelerates bioenergy innovation through genomic discovery across diverse organisms and ecosystems. …

… all that it has contributed, and what they’re excited about in JGI’s future. Find recordings and recaps of these talks below, starting with Ari Patrinos. The Genomics Arms Race Ari Patrinos , Former Director of DOE’s … to be junk DNA, so there was quite a bit of resistance to use resources to sequence it,” Patrinos said. After many …