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Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic … a cysteine protease involved in capsid maturation. Recently reported in  Microbiome , researchers from the US Department …

… since the inception of the flagship internship program between the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What started … the summer of 2014 has grown to a total of 75 with the inclusion of the 2023 cohort. Each of them has brought …

… are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are abundant … yet abundant subsurface organisms was  recently reported in Nature Communications. The work was co-led by … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). To learn more about how microbial populations respond to virus infections, …

… of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use oxygen to convert food into energy. However, in environments with little or no oxygen, life had … used the JGI’s GOLD and IMG data portals to get information about the genomes and genes of the organisms on the list. …

Open Green Genomes hits milestone with C. richardii The Science Fern genomes are huge, and … well as the evolution of seed plants, the fern’s distant cousin. Ceratopteris richardii, or C-fern, specifically has … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… established and emerging scientists from academia, industry, and government organizations for three days of scientific presentation, interactive panel discussions, workshops, and informal networking events. JGI will present … center talk and a tech talk. Stop by the JGI booth to learn about our user programs and how we can help advance your …

Genomics, and led the computational efforts directed towards the sequencing, annotation, and analysis of three … over fifty plant and animal genomes. He currently leads the JGI’s Computational Genomics group, and is past lead of the … and evolutionary biology. Dr. Rokhsar’s research is focused on understanding the origin, evolution, and diversity …

… since the program’s inception. In 2014, JGI’s Zhong Wang and Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with … tap into the diverse talent that UC Merced has is tremendous for us, and we are very grateful for this opportunity.” … to seeing this internship program continue and I’m excited about what it will bring to the future of JGI, UC Merced and …

Gene expression in eukaryotes was long held to be monocistronic – that is, a single gene … messenger RNA, which encodes a single protein. Recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers has found numerous examples of polycistronic expression – in which two or …

… a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays ) produces a … scientists a bigger bang for their buck. The research team reports that transferring just four genes encoding these …

Impact The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in environmental … ecological consequences of microbe-microbe interactions. Using metagenomes recovered directly from environmental … researchers have been able to gain further insights about how microbes have adapted to thrive in polar …