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… single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding of giant viruses. The Science In the last thirty years, in … genomes than many bacteria. Until recently, understanding of giant viruses came primarily from sampling an … , diversity exists in infectious cycles, as well, with viruses relying on different strategies for initiation, …

… Novel study looks at microbiomes in aerial surfaces of plants and their roles in plant health and environmental … The phyllosphere, which is known as the aerial surface of plants, is a comparatively understudied area of forest … land and the atmosphere. Microbes living there can interact with chemical defenses of plants and influence nutrient …

… less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in … assumed, due to the wide and varied geographic footprint of the plant, that eelgrass began colonizing the oceans  … that figure is likely closer to a mere 250,000 years — with many key colonization events in the Atlantic ocean …

… plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems … analyzing the enzymes present in the complex organic matrix of the forest floor, a team of researchers have found that there is a striking division …

… have been elected to the User Executive Committee of the Joint Genome Institute, a Department of Energy user … scientists and unconventional sample types such as low-biomass samples and host-associated holobionts. She is also … He studies fungal biodiversity, ecology, and evolution, with a focus on microbiome sciences and fungal symbioses. He …

… characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in … — they rely on enzymes that have been evolving for billions of years. However, these enzymes are often loosely … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). He completed this work with collaborators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as …

… for the global research community. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) has released … jointgeno.me/2024StrategicPlan .) This plan aligns the DOE Office of Science user facility with broader national efforts to promote and stimulate a …

… Department at the Joint Genome Institute. His team of engineers and scientists builds and operates the data and … science.  Dr. Sneddon is an accomplished leader in data, software, compute, and AI for large-scale genomics and lab … Prior to joining JGI in late 2025, he served as Director of Scientific Computing at Predicine, an NGS-based clinical …

… Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome … program, and on how plants coordinate their gene expression with light and temperature oscillations throughout the day. … University of California, San Diego (PhD, 2011) Rensselaer Polytechnic …

… the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His responsibilities include the development of novel computational tools to identify virus sequences, … approaches to link viruses to their host(s), collaboration with JGI users for analyzing viral datasets, and the …

… at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of California, Berkeley. He contributed to the Human Genome … at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… Dr. Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials Initiative, a partnership … at Berkeley Lab. She is spearheading the development of a joint user capability between the JGI and Molecular … Science in 2011 from the University of Florida, working with Valérie de Crécy-Lagard on using comparative genomics …