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… single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s population, the number of viruses in the same drop—the vast majority … to large and even giant. The genomes of giant viruses are on the order of 100 times the size of what has typically … lineages in the NCLDV group infect mainly protists and algae, and some of them have genomes in the megabase range. …

JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in sequences affect traits. In a text file, the rows of … G appearing over and over in a dizzying array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the absence of all … where transcription factors have been repurposed during evolution to control new functions,” O’Malley said. …

… make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental samples. The Science A team led by researchers at … targeted genomic approach would allow researchers to focus on specific microbes within metagenome samples and associate … their sequences with their roles within their environments. Summary The traditional shotgun metagenomics …

To set up flexible, repeatable experiments on plants and microbes, Trent Northen’s group at Berkeley … let researchers around the world compare their work consistently. And EcoFABs also work well in the classroom. … visit Los Medanos Community College to see EcoFABs in action in Jill Bouchard’s BIO 21 lab course. …

… from the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase), the National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC), and Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area are also co-located in the IGB. Vision  Lead genomic innovation for a sustainable bioeconomy. … from this review, I can say that a key area for the JGI’s evolution is in how we manage our data and how we can make …

Congratulations to the proposers of the 19 proposals selected for the … of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). “We’re very excited to start … of CSP recipients, over half of which are first-time PIs on a JGI proposal,” said Tanja Woyke , JGI’s deputy of User …

… technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput … help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications. Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead it to the correct sequence … yeast. The Impact The team used this set of guide RNAs on  Yarrowia lipolytica to identify essential genes and …

With a background in experimental and computational surface physics, Dr. Goodstein held positions at Cornell, IBM, Utah State University, and … 72, 411. Gordon et al., 2020.  Gradual polyploid genome evolution revealed by pan-genomic analysis of Brachypodium …

Below is a brief description of the process needed to prepare and ship samples for sequencing by the JGI.  Additionally it includes instructions on accessing sample-level reports and tracking …

Early Career Research Program .   If “BERSS” is not mentioned in the BER funding call, proposals are NOT eligible for BERSS support through the JGI (with the exception of DE-FOA-0003453, which is eligible for BERSS). … 10 Tbp sequencing, 500 kbp synthesis, and 200 polar/500 nonpolar metabolomics samples, and should generally conform …