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Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a quadrillion nucleotide bases of DNA …

… metagenomics to study giant viruses in cold marine environments and is interested in analyzing genes that can impact …

After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products and their derivatives … in 2004. The main object of her research was the symbiont community of a gutless oligochaete for which she deciphered function and host-symbiont interplay using metagenomics. Taking on …

Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant … have wondered exactly how the microbial community carries out its helpful metabolism: who’s responsible for …

… biofuels seems fairly simple: place these algae in a container with access to sunlight, water and carbon dioxide so they can grow, and then harvest for use as …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help … ability of these enzymes to break down these recalcitrant carbohydrates into more versatile molecules that can be then …

… new insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing …

… expands inovirus diversity. To answer the question, “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of … features. Several characters may be spotted with a striped scarf, striped hat, round-rimmed glasses, or a cane, but only Waldo will have all of these features. As described …

… single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is … of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Using a single-cell screen, … program (LDRD) entitled ‘Tackling microbial-mediated plant carbon decomposition using “function-driven” genomics’. …

Uri Neri is a computational biologist who spends his days wrangling viral genomes and occasionally remembering to document his code. At JGI, he develops … tools for viral discovery and analysis, with a particular fondness for RNA viruses – though he'll take a look at …

… high-performance computing resources, an upcoming hackathon led by the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility … Office of Science user facility, aims to explore applications in the life sciences that can be ported to the GPU architecture. A GPU hackathon is a five-day coding event that offers participating …