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Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, … with names — but not doors — and robots handle a bunch of benchwork. …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … contains about 6% of the human genome . They discovered genes linked to conditions such as cardiovascular disease, … with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Publications Grimwood, J., Gordon, L., Olsen, A. et al. The …

A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental … and then efficiently retrieve and characterize their genomes. The Impact Despite great strides in generating … of the microbial world through bulk community sequencing (metagenomics) and single-cell genomics, the vast majority of …

… about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. Natural products, secondary … to the chemicals that make species unique and different from one another. They are incredibly important to medicine, … research, “Natural Prodcast” serves as an important line of communication to the scientific community. Host Dan …

… get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … archaea. Many of the samples shared a high prevalence of genes involved in sulfur and nitrogen metabolism, as well as … at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, contributed metagenomic sequencing to the study as well as  genome …