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… After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products and their … deciphered function and host-symbiont interplay using metagenomics. Taking on a Research Scientist position in 2007, she switched gears from metagenomics to single-cell genomics, which is now her primary …

… Dr. Roux joined the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His responsibilities include the … of community-building efforts in the field of viral ecogenomics. For this role, Dr. Roux can rely on more than 10 … virus diversity and host interactions through global metagenomics. Nature 578, 432–436. …

… analysis for synthetic biology and functional genomics. Prior to joining the JGI, he was a group lead at … National Laboratory where he focused on functional genomics of phototrophs. Through this and post-doctoral … B.Sc. (HONS) – University of Wales, Cardiff, Genetics Ph.D. – University of …

… Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in … Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Woyke has led JGI’s Microbial Genomics Program since 2009 and heads the Single Cells … strategy in NCLDVs. “I am thrilled to see Dr. Woyke’s important work acknowledged by this most prestigious honor,” …

… Kaushal Sharma, one of five Antioch High School rising juniors who participated … program is now an author on a Nucleic Acids Research publication. The paper describes the version 6 data updates … in GOLD. “Besides these, he curated several small sets of phylogeny, biosample metadata tasks we assigned.”       …

… The work was enabled in part by a community data portal of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … impact on the microbial communities within soil. Using metagenomics, scientists can shed light on hidden components, … data portal. The IMG suite is a community resource for comparative analysis and annotation of all publicly …

… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane reductase system, researchers could … more.  Microbes excel at recycling the abundant miscellanea of their surroundings. Case in point: for us, the smell of … as a safety switch, to conserve resources.  Despite its important role in this system, the accessory protein was a …

… than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, … around the world. That said, we recognize that workforce in genomics, including JGI, is not representative of the … graduate student summer research experience at the JGI, the Genomics Internship Program expanded to include UC Merced …