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… vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny … temperatures characteristic for polar oceans. In this study, they’ve cracked open the genome of another polar … latitudes from pole to pole, using metatranscriptome and metagenome data from the JGI. With multiple threads of …

This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve …

… “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 symbiosis. Further, … Schulz,  New Lineages of Life Lead Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh, Metagenome Program Tanja Woyke, Microbial Program Robert …

… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship internship program between the DOE Joint … summer of 2014 has grown to a total of 75 with the inclusion of the 2023 cohort. Each of them has brought invaluable insights, thoughts, and explorations that has led to groundbreaking science and opportunities …

Jan. 7: New Capabilities to Study Secondary Metabolism   Although there are still a large number of secondary metabolites yet to be discovered and their …

The Secondary Metabolism Collaboratory encourages user engagement. … and secondary metabolites information from isolate and metagenome data.   The SMC ( smc.jgi.doe.gov ) is designed … Expansion of the SMC to include fungal, plant, viral, and metagenome data is currently underway. … U.S. Department of …

Through advances in sequencing technologies and computational approaches, more and more virus sequences are being recovered and identified from environmental samples (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of … The work was led by research scientist Stephen Nayfach, the study’s first author in the Microbiome Data Science group …

… to changing environments. The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an … sampled all at once from the same environment, called metagenomes. Why? Simon Roux, who led the research team and … the dice. There’s some evidence to support the idea. Study coauthor Stephen Nayfach, a JGI bioinformatics …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who was recently selected as the 2025 recipient of … (ASM). Roux leads the Viral Genomics group within the JGI Metagenome Program, and coordinates the development of the …

Analysis reveals cotton genome stability across global lineages . Come harvest … cotton genome ( G. raimondii ) several years ago. Studying the cotton genomes provides breeders with insights … important cattle feed crop,” noted David Stelly, another study co-author at Texas A&M University. “This report …