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… to function’ umbrella, this symposium will further focus on computational approaches to characterize novel … and biomedicine, as well as biotechnology. NeLLi August 24 – 25, 2023 Session Speakers:   Laura Hug , University … New Lineages of Life Lead Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh, Metagenome Program Tanja Woyke, Microbial Program Robert Bowers,  User …

… genomes, is rising. The purpose of this Workshop is to illustrate the expansion of this field and bring it to the … how to apply for a project with the JGI Community Science Program and how you can use the KBase system to accelerate your plant genomics …

Dan Rokhsar Simon Roux Asaf Salamov Jeremy Schmutz Susannah Tringe Tanja Woyke Below are a few projects each of … Chen ,  Natalia Ivanova ,  Nikos Kyrpides ,  Simon Roux , Susannah Tringe , and Tanja Woyke  were part of a “big data” … and sequenced by the JGI through the  Community Science Program, and already available on the JGI’s  Integrated …

… the genome. Many plant pathogens such as the fungi that cause poplar leaf rust, are rich in transposons, which may help the pathogens … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, and others like it, are uncovering the true …

… production in other algae that may be more viable for sustainable biofuel production. The JGI published a partial … by Daniel Rokhsar, head of the JGI’s Computational Biology Program, along with JGI Computational Scientist Simon … been cited in almost one-fourth (23.8%) of publications focused on that specific algae. The reference genome is cited …

… in mass spectrometry-centered projects, Dr. Bowen’s work focuses on developing high-performance computing workflows and … supporting the DOE’s Biological and Environmental Research user community in their bioenergy and environmental … Achievement 2012 UC Berkeley, Leadership and Development Program Awardee 2005-2009: NIH K25 Mentored Career …

… microorganisms for biofuel production and other sustainable applications. Summary Hot springs are … A recent study published in  The ISME Journal     focused on a class within  Chloroflexota called  … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has …

… ecosystems around the world, conducting iterative searches using statistical analyses to continuously refine and … and Management.” So begins a passage from Doudna’s book about her meeting with Banfield. (Banfield’s recounting of … doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.12.015. Harrington LB et al. Programmed DNA destruction by miniature CRISPR-Cas14 …

Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but … To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists usually employ two different methods; shotgun metagenomic … and most genomes that were acquired through it were usually only around 30% complete.  Described in  ISME …

… of the National Academy of Sciences . The team focused on the dominant bacterial clades shared between honey … pollen’s pectin and hemicellulose are degraded mainly by just two clades:  Gilliamella,  which mostly resides in the bee’s ileum, a structure analogous to the human small intestine; and  Bifidobacterium,  …

… workshop, Volkan Sevim, a computational biologist at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), … that low sequence identity may belie. The technology he’s using is magical; transform any length of amino acid sequence into a smaller, constant-length vector using deep learning. Vector representations allow homology …

The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using oxygen) to remove lignin and transform the remaining … into  biofuels and bioproducts. If anaerobic fungi could be used to effectively modify lignin without oxygen and make …