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Optofluidic Raman-activated cell sorting for targeted genome retrieval or cultivation of microbial cells with specific functions
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Dissecting the dominant hot spring microbial populations based on community-wide sampling at single-cell genomic resolution
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JGI Launches Latest Strategic Plan
For the Joint Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a quadrillion nucleotide bases of DNA …
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Ian Blaby
Since 2019 Dr. Blaby heads the DNA synthesis platform at the Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three groups focused on HTP DNA design and … Award for Research Excellence … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …
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JGI User Executive Committee Expands
Six new members have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) … how these changes affect the dynamics and functioning of ecosystems. She leads a recently approved CSP New Investigator …
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Bacteria and Fungi Divvy Up the Work in Forest Floor
Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when … down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial … more active in fixing and metabolizing nitrogen, a key ecosystem nutrient. The Impact This study is the first to dig …
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Degradation Reduces Microbial Richness and Alters Microbial Functions in an Australian Peatland
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The microbial ecology of permafrost
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Microbial Diversity for Biotechnology
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The molecular dimension of microbial species: 3. Comparative genomics of Synechococcus strains with different light responses and in situ diel transcription patterns of associated putative ecotypes in the Mushroom Spring microbial mat
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Boosting Small Molecule Production in Super “Soup”
Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in … but then moves out of the cell structure into a cell-free system. The work complements efforts to further develop …
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A Revamped Amplification Method that Enables Nearly Complete Single-Cell Genomes
With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete … the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but most …
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