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… Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced worked closely with JGI scientists on research projects that contribute to … using natural language processing techniques to categorize genetic information. Learn more about their work here in a …

… A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from … would allow researchers to focus on specific microbes within metagenome samples and associate their sequences with … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… The work was enabled in part by a community data portal of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … soil health. Summary Soil viruses are a reservoir of genetic diversity and capable of transferring genes from one … can have a significant impact on the microbial communities within soil. Using metagenomics, scientists can shed light …

… Genome annotations of two C. citriodora subspecies broaden understanding of the … Corymbia are more abundant in the drier parts of Australia with lower quality soils and even in the desert areas with … or duplicate arrays, these genes are prone to rapid genetic expansion which partially explains the great variety …

… Leveraging massive comparative genomics to decode millions of mystery genes and lay a future-ready foundation     Over … Earth's fungal kingdom. The manuscript reviews about 200 publications linking evolutionary history and innovations … completely unsampled. This creates a bottleneck: Without genetic blueprints from diverse fungi, researchers struggle …

… Her current research focuses on leveraging thousands of metagenomic datasets from host-associated and … Fellow at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as part of the Marine Microbiology Initiative. She conducted her … Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC). Prospective users with questions on how to partner with the Metagenome Science …

… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist … for Microbiology (ASM). Roux leads the Viral Genomics group within the JGI Metagenome Program, and coordinates the … in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity.  In 2021, he was among those selected by …

… technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he … BS, Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Master's, Biotechnology, University of Tokyo PhD, Biotechnology, University of Tokyo … Otani H, Mouncey NJ. RIViT-seq enables systematic identification of regulons of transcriptional machineries. …

… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling … carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground … for tuning this symbiosis. “Those are great candidates for genetic engineering. Our hope is that the community at large …

… start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella … root cells. The fungus is almost always found among and within poplar trees, and in an effort to understand its … the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) sponsored by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research at the …

… Biotechnology! Loretta Spencer served as a manyterm mayor of Huntsville, Alabama and is known for her contributions to … large-scale multi-institutional JGI projects and resulting publications that Grimwood contributed to include: A 2021 … in wild populations for the first time. A 2020 Nature Genetics paper describing the genomes of the five major …

… to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter scenes that came with crayons in various shades of white. To researchers … impact the planet’s nutrient cycles. While most organism’s genetic information is encoded in DNA, with RNA delivering …