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This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s …

… and alga to understand their partnership more clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that … or together, on nitrocellulose filters in Petri dishes. The scientists also sequenced the fungus and photobiont’s … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Grigoriev and …

… function.  The emphasis is on projects leveraging JGI’s DNA synthesis and ‘omics capabilities to enhance … … All proposals will be externally peer-reviewed for scientific merit, DOE mission relevance , proposed data usage by … synthetic biology review process .  … Proposers are encouraged to review the JGI’s sample requirements . Samples …

… genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga Plocamiomonas psychrophila can … recorded. Samples were taken again at two, six, 12 and 24 hours. By the 24-hour mark, these algae showed significant … increased nutrient uptake and decreased cell death.  Scientists then extracted RNA to analyze gene expression, to …

… symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal lineages. The Science By comparing 135 fungal sequenced genomes, … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … of mutualistic forest-dwelling fungi … Datasets … From our partners …

… assess virus sequence fragments and data quality. The Science Through advances in sequencing technologies and … uncultivated viruses. Following up on those guidelines, JGI researchers have now developed CheckV (pronounced … the genomes of these viruses and associate them with their microbial hosts. However, assembling viral genomes from …

… over fifty plant and animal genomes. He currently leads the JGI’s Computational Genomics group, and is past lead of the Eukaryotic Genome Program (2010-2019), and JGI Chief Informatics Officer (2013-2016). Dr. Rokhsar …

… the Florida Everglades to help train the next generation of scientists. She shares her thoughts about the experience … class at Florida’s Boca Raton Community High School. The course had a defined set of objectives, and started with an … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) , a DOE Office of Science User Facility. She took special interest in it …

… biology and functional genomics. Prior to joining the JGI, he was a group lead at Brookhaven National Laboratory … oxidase for biophotovoltaic energy. Plant biotechnology journal . 14: 1, 22-28. 2016 Blaby et. al., Genome‐wide … Chlamydomonas genome project: a decade on. Trends in plant science . 19: 10, 672-680. 2014 Blaby, et. al., …

… helps further demystify biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those molecules not … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

Harnessing BER-funded data resources, researchers built an interactive and comprehensive database of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use oxygen to convert food into … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …