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… Hosted by the DOE Joint Genome Institute, the 5th Viral EcoGenomics and Applications (VEGA) symposium will take place November 18-19, 2026 on the UC Berkeley campus. Organized every two years since 2018, the goal of this … together a “Viral Ecogenomics” community to foster discussion on how to best capture and characterize uncultivated …

… developed to help inform scientists and researchers more about the patterns and functions of environmental microbes. Researchers can use the tool to correlate protein annotations with ratios of … constraints, etc. of natural environments shape specific genomic signatures that could be used to hypothesize …

… which microbes are present in a sample, to generate data about which organisms are active, and which microbes are … microbial ecosystems. These communities harbor tens of thousands of different organisms who all consume different … said. Informed by other community-driven standards from the Genomic Standards Consortium, Wilhelm and Simpson assembled …

… reductase system, researchers could open avenues for using bacteria to produce ethylene and more.  Microbes excel … miscellanea of their surroundings. Case in point: for us, the smell of the ocean simply signals we’re near the … contexts.  “That allows us now to really start thinking about the structure-function relationship. What could we do, …

… peer through the waters and clouds of insects hover just above. Described as a “river of grass” that stretches … to apply the latest molecular techniques to learn more about the microbial communities in the Arthur R. Marshall … northern Everglades in Palm Beach County, and particularly about the microbes that play roles in the methane cycle. …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, found that the fungus Olpidium is a link in the evolution and transition of … JGI’s 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, which aims to provide genomic information for every family of fungi. In the …

… A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four … different lifestyles. The Science The bacterium SAR324 is unusually cosmopolitan. In the ocean’s North Pacific … surface, to the blue-lit twilight zone, to the continuous pressure of the dark abyss, 4000 m (2.5 miles) deep. …

… all that it has contributed, and what they’re excited about in JGI’s future. Find recordings and recaps of these talks below, starting with Ari Patrinos. The Genomics Arms Race Ari Patrinos , Former Director of DOE’s … to be junk DNA, so there was quite a bit of resistance to use resources to sequence it,” Patrinos said. After many …

… a JGI Engagement: Accessing Resources at Multiple DOE User Facilities with a Single Proposal webinar, inviting researchers to apply for access to multiple genomics and molecular characterization capabilities in just … Guest speaker Michelle O’Malley of UC Santa Barbara talked about how her approved FICUS proposals have helped advance …