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… to extreme environments, Marike Palmer and Brian Hedlund study organisms living in hot springs. Hear how their recent work revealed more …

… Microbial communities living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for … Laboratory, contributed metagenomic sequencing to the study as well as  genome analysis, providing authors a more … Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) portal. The study,  published in the  Microbiome journal, broadens our …

… Meta-omics datasets show that CRISPR-Cas systems determine mutualism or parasitism between some archaeal hosts and … but these symbiotic interactions are difficult to study in the lab. Metagenomics provides new views of these … the microorganisms had a close relationship. Then, using metagenomes and metatranscriptomes generated by the U.S. …

… Dr. Blow joined the JGI in 2009, and currently heads the Genome Analysis group. In … he worked on computational and experimental approaches to study genome regulation in human and other vertebrate … BS in Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry, Nottingham University, UK PhD in Genomics, University of …

… As waters warm due to climate change, corals are in mortal peril. But corals comprise multiple organisms: a … When warm waters stress corals, it might be their microbes, including their photosynthetic partner, that help them take the …

… Novel archaeal lineage found in Yellowstone may have been important in early … mats at Yellowstone offer researchers an analog for studying early Earth conditions. Additionally, … Through the JGI’s Community Science Program , the team used metagenome assemblies, transcriptomes and single amplified …

… it wouldn’t exist without cyanobacteria; they began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, communally, in microbial mats. Along the way, they’ve …

… Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic reprogramming. The … The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan studying how virus infections cause significant metabolic … an experimental approach with a marine phage-host model to study virus-host-nutrient interactions. In  their study , …

… Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics program. … Biologist at the USDA for 12 years where he was a driving force behind the development of numerous genomic resources that … grass that is well suited to experimental manipulation in the laboratory because of its compact genome, diploid …

… to disease-resistance that could prove fruitful for saving Citrus from greening disease. You’ve probably never … JGI collaborator, are senior authors of the  recent study published in  The Plant Journal.  this study included the discovery of candidate genes that confer …

… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a … The Impact The specific protein described in  a recent study in  Nature Communications , a chitosanase, is tied to … within soil. So, the chitosanase protein identified in the study is essentially chewing food to help  microorganisms …

… yields a comprehensive tree and soil dataset for understanding the dynamic relationship between poplar trees and their … Finally, using transcriptomics, researchers were able to study which of the trees were turned on or off in response … Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). All of this information — 318 metagenomes, 98 plant transcriptomes and 314 metabolomic …