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… described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … Thus, the viral abundance rises as its host’s abundance falls. A low relative viral abundance, on the other hand, …

Sphagnome data would enable researchers’ insights on their potential … carbon cycling impact.   The Science Enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP), researchers are … species that occupy different microhabitats – Sphagnum fallax and S. magellanicum. The draft genome for  S. fallax …

… this means using proteins on its tail fibers to latch onto a specific target on the microbial cell’s … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility located at … data, approximately half of which was generated by the JGI, to uncover these DGRs. DGRs were found in single …

Software engineers in the Synthetic Biology Informatics Group develop, deploy, and maintain software that support the JGI’s Synthetic Biology Program .  Representative software … and associated tools, which track samples through the JGI’s Synthetic Biology pipeline as well as provide process …

Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved mix-and-match … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … for computational analysis of the AT enzyme family, the JGI provided DNA synthesis capabilities to enable functional …

… in Mexico. While conducting early field studies related to her thesis on cone snails, UC Merced graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan and alumnus of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program, first sampled the … Associated Microbes and Parasites. Ul-Hasan credits her JGI-UC Merced summer internship for helping lay the …

… feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can thrive in the soil as a … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, through its  … Ecosystems (ARBRE) (ANR-11-LABX 0002 01 to F. Martin), JGI Community sequencing program project (CSP570, …

… is a powerful, high-throughput gene-editing tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy … at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Y. lipolytica … negative if the gene is actually essential. Through the JGI’s  Community Science Program , the scientists thus set …

… plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, cumulatively called lignocellulose, are the primary components of … have some ability to slowly break down lignin (think of a fallen, decomposing tree in the forest). Because oxygen is … Research Center. O’Malley is also affiliated with JBEI. The JGI data portals and pipelines helped identify potential …

Dr. Udwary serves as a computational biologist for JGI’s Secondary Metabolites group. His … gene clusters in bacteria and fungi. Prior to joining the JGI, he spent time as a faculty member at the University of …

Dr. Roux joined the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the … His responsibilities include the development of novel computational tools to identify virus sequences, the design of new … to link viruses to their host(s), collaboration with JGI users for analyzing viral datasets, and the organization …

Dr. Blow joined the JGI in 2009, and currently heads the User Support Analysis … and cancer genetics. Dr. Blow carried out postdoctoral work at LBNL, where he worked on computational and experimental … in human and other vertebrate genomes. When he joined the JGI, he worked as a project scientist and then as a research …