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Hosted by the JGI and co-organized with NIST,  the goal of the Viral EcoGenomics & Applications (VEGA) symposium was to bring together a “Viral EcoGenomics” community to foster … and characterize uncultivated viruses, understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and …

… researcher who identifies and analyzes novel clades of RNA viruses and determines novel viral gene functions that may impact hosts and …

Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when migrating back to the ocean. The Science Scientists have … place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that flagella were lost in other …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who was recently selected as the 2025 recipient of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American Society for …

RIViT-seq technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. The Science Regulons are a group of genes that can be turned on or off by the same regulatory protein. Researchers demonstrated …

The chromosome-scale genome sequence of trifoliate orange yields clues to disease-resistance that could prove fruitful for saving Citrus from greening disease. You’ve probably never heard of trifoliate orange. Otherwise known as  Poncirus …

Gene expression in eukaryotes was long held to be monocistronic – that is, a … a single protein. Recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers has found numerous …

Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal … role in soil carbon storage. Summary There are three types of fungal saprotrophs in the forest. White rot can break …

Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny ocean-dwellers called phytoplankton play …

New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science Shiitake mushrooms get their name from the same place they often source their nutrients — the shii tree, a Japanese …

Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a dataset of microbial genomes sampled from rivers covering 90% of the …