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… Visualizing a novel, candidate viral genome found in the deep subsurface ecosystem. The Science … of countering multiple attempts at virus infections. Their genomes include short DNA sequences that code for CRISPR … researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …
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… nearly tripled the available fungal mitochondrial genome data, unlocking new potential for AI-driven studies … nearly 10,000 new annotations of fungal mitochondrial genomes — the DNA found inside mitochondria, the … genes have moved from the mitochondria into the nuclear genome over evolutionary time. They also discovered more …
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… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among the authors who offer … Micro-Scale Applications head Rex Malmstrom and Metagenome Program head Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh outline more … processes. A third approach steps away from reconstructing genomes directly from the environment and focuses on …
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… help solve energy and environmental challenges. The Human Genome Project began in 1990 when the U.S. Department of … studying Chromosome 5, which contains about 6% of the human genome . They discovered genes linked to conditions such as … Chromosome 19, which contains about 2% of the human genome. They were interested in genes involved in repair of …
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… Streamlined genome with precise gene targeting transforms oil-producing … products. The Science Scientists have fully decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise gene targeting in the genome in the November 2025 issue of The Plant Cell. …
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… Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of … that “taught” a computer how to classify 101 representative genomes of Dothideomycetes, the largest class of fungi, by … enabled in part through JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP) , as several approved proposals have contributed toward …
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… to functional genomics. Hear from five of the Summer 2019 interns, who briefly shared their experiences below. … Year: 3rd year undergraduate student Mentor: Zhong Wang, Genome Analysis What effect has your summer internship with … the Biophysics program. (Graduated from UC Merced in Spring 2019.) Mentor: Ben Cole, Genomics of Plant-Microbial …
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… are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of … microorganisms had a close relationship. Then, using metagenomes and metatranscriptomes generated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …
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… archaea and eukaryotes, and they range in particle and genome size from small, to large and even giant. The genomes of giant viruses are on the order of 100 times the … to viral lineages, and predominantly in samples from marine (55%) and freshwater (40%) environments. As a result, …
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