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A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct … Dominique Boeuf and colleagues set sail on research cruises in 2015 and 2016. At Station ALOHA , site of the … sequenced community genomes and expressed gene transcripts (metagenomes, metatranscriptomes), as well as the genomes of …

…   On November 3, 2021, the JGI and the Workforce Development & … were: Simon Roux and Matthew Kellom for the JGI Metagenome Program Ellen Dow and Elisha Wood-Charlson for … the JGI DNA Synthesis Platform Ben Bowen and Katherine Louie for the JGI Metabolomics Platform Blake Simmons for The …

… polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are microscopic, photosynthetic … algae. But human-induced climate change , a new study suggests, is displacing these important cold-water … study. “Prokaryotes are not capable of producing all the juicy proteins and lipids that eukaryotes are.” But according …

The Secondary Metabolism Collaboratory encourages user engagement. … of Science User Facility located at Berkeley Laboratory, built off past experience in developing a secondary … and secondary metabolites information from isolate and metagenome data.   The SMC ( smc.jgi.doe.gov ) is designed …

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 … effort, an international consortium recommended specific guidelines and best practices for characterizing uncultivated …

Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the … Crop breeders have harnessed polyploidy to increase fruit and flower size, and confer stress tolerance traits. … Polyploid Genomes in a Pan-genomic Context For the study, partly enabled by the JGI’s  Community Science …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The … active. In viruses, DGRs appear to generate diversity quickly, allowing these viruses to target new microbial prey. … sampled all at once from the same environment, called metagenomes. Why? Simon Roux, who led the research team and …

Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  Neurospora … of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to reconstruct and model gene regulatory pathways used by the … like handymen who show up at a job site for a task that requires a flathead screwdriver with a full toolbox including …

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 … distributed.” In the field, growers can easily distinguish the cotton species by traits such as flower color, …

See below for examples of successful Letters of Intent to our Community Science Program Large-Scale Call, as well as successful submissions to our CSP New Investigator, CSP Functional Genomics, and Facilities Integrating Collaborations for …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … Prodcast,” a podcast about the science and scientists of secondary metabolism.  DAN: Hey there. This is Dan again, and … so, drug companies really needed ways to kind of short-circuit that, and natural products wasn’t necessarily cutting …