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… of members. Each of the researchers had their own reasons for wishing to serve on the UEC. For microbial ecologist Gilbert at the University of … efforts with diversity, equity and inclusion in mind. Microbiome ecologist Shade became Director of Research at …

… summarizing the field of viral metagenomics, authored by JGI researchers Lee Call,  Stephen Nayfach and  Nikos … piece was written by Call, a postdoctoral fellow in the JGI Microbiome Data Science Group led by Kyrpides. Since early 2020, people all over the world have been forced to confront the awesome power that viruses have to …

… in soil health through nitrogen-fixation and holds clues for maximizing soybean, the common bean’s close relative, as a biofuel. To this end, a team of researchers led by Jeremy Schmutz of the JGI and the HudsonAlpha Institute … to have with a faster-cooking bean itself.” The original reference genome yielded what are now widely-used molecular …

… have learned to adapt from marine to hypersaline conditions by studying the microbial communities in Antarctic lakes, … cycles, and possibly cold-temperature enzymes for biotechnological use. Summary Conditions such as extreme … are available through JGI’s Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) platform. These data allowed researchers …

… virus sequences vary widely. In a previous effort, an international consortium recommended specific … as carbon, nitrogen and sulfur are themselves regulated by viruses in their environments. Environmental DNA … scientist Stephen Nayfach, the study’s first author in the Microbiome Data Science group led by Nikos Kyrpides. To …

… a  genomic look at Lentinula samples from around the world. By complete sequencing of 24 new mushroom genomes, and … 60 existing sequences, this work expands the family tree for Lentinula. Within those samples, this study also tracks … genomes and their evolution could provide strategies for converting plant waste into sugars for  biofuel …

… the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2010. As the Deputy for Science Programs, he focuses on the development and … in Hanover, Germany, where he developed novel tools for large-scale in situ gene expression analysis in … novel computational and experimental sequence-based methods for elucidating the gene regulatory landscape of vertebrate …

… successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results published in the  November 2022 issue of Microbiome . High-throughput stable isotope probing (SIP) … The process involves “labeling” a given substance by applying a stable isotope to it. The isotopes are …

… See below for a list of Frequently Asked Questions about our proposal … Many of the submissions are done using web-based forms.   To view the proposal templates, go to the proposal … don’t already have an account) and click the “Begin” button for the call you are interested in. All proposals must be …

… , both faculty investigators at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. “The goal has been for all this new … field, growers can easily distinguish the cotton species by traits such as flower color, plant height, or fiber … research. “What I have told our growers is, ‘Think of these reference genomes as a surgeon’s knowledge, and of gene …