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Pictured from left: [Top] Bill J. Baker, Jeff Barrick, Ian Gilman, Louis Graf, … You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel … including the genomic dynamics of biofuel-producing fungi, the effects of biochar on rhizosphere microbiomes, …

Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are … researchers described how the viruses repeatedly attempted to infect and destroy the host archaea – and how the  … but the viruses that infect Altiarchaea cause the cells to burst. This action triggers subsurface carbon cycling, …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … shrubby grasses growing by the side of the road become a key player in biomass-based fuels.   … P. virgatum on …

… a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But … of infecting different host species? Or, do they tend to specialize, infecting just a single host? Another wrinkle … team thinks that the piggybacking strategy makes sense in a terrestrial environment with low mobility. The metagenomic …

Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around the globe. Now, … when and how eelgrass adapted and evolved throughout its history. Their research, published in  August 2023 in  Nature … figure is likely closer to a mere 250,000 years — with many key colonization events in the Atlantic ocean occurring …

JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the annual  … is interested in understanding which species of mycorrhizal fungi are important for poplar plant health, in part to …

… hosted the hybrid “NeLLi 2023 Symposium” delving into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and latest discoveries toward the evolution of cellular complexity and microbial …

Survey of Setaria's natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in … wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth (Toby) Kellogg and other researchers at the Danforth Plant … of the continental United States, occasionally pulling over to the side of the road to collect small weedy plants and …

A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research enabled by the JGI … Synthesis Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes do, how they work, and applying …

Dr. Roux joined the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His responsibilities include the … genomes. Nature biotechnology 39, 578-585. Roux et al., 2019. Cryptic inoviruses revealed as pervasive in bacteria …

Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address wide-ranging questions existing in biology. He … Council, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH 2019   Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Director’s Award for …

… in improving and applying a method that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. In 2019, the … ( CRAGE ). CRAGE enables scientists to insert large pieces of DNA (up to 60 kb) in a single step, directly into the … advance in CRAGE is the addition of CRISPR enzyme Cas9. Originally, CRAGE was only used to  insert genes of …