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… most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around the globe. Now, scientists have shed … Nature Plants , was able to assess absolute time estimates for major colonization events. It was previously assumed, … just 0.2% of the ocean floor, these meadows are responsible for almost one-third of carbon sequestered in the ocean. In …

… viruses (NCLDV) supergroup. The expansion of the diversity for large and giant viruses offered the researchers insights … possible to seek out and characterize uncultivated viruses. For instance, a 2018 study from a JGI-led team uncovered giant viruses in the soil for the first time. The current study applied a multi-step …

… JGI! They are among those recognized by Clarivate Analytics for demonstrating “significant influence in their chosen … research team that combined field data with a reference switchgrass genome to associate climate … featuring aspects of the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) Nikos Kyrpides was part of an …

… and Elizabeth “Lizzy” Wilbanks of the University of California, Santa Barbara. They join eight other JGI users … is a staff scientist at PNNL and thrust lead on PNNL’s Soil Microbiome SFA. She serves as Secretary within the Microbial … She credits the JGI user programs as having been instrumental to her early career success, and is currently a PI …

… large DOE-funded research programs using mass spectrometry for energy and environmental research, including through the … to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes cycle carbon and sustain biomes via the … B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara Ph.D. in Chemistry and Biochemistry, …

… The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is a boxful of lures. Designed with feathers … microbes. The new technique is another tool for microbial ecologists to learn more about the diversity … tested the approach on bacterial laboratory models to set a reference for its performance, and then applied it to …

… , both faculty investigators at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. “The goal has been for all this new cotton work, and even the original cotton … research. “What I have told our growers is, ‘Think of these reference genomes as a surgeon’s knowledge, and of gene …

… involved? How long does it take to do all the analyses? A:  For the JGI  New Investigator and  Functional Genomics … a limit to identify molecules exchanged between plants and microbiomes during interactions? Is it reliable performing … the metabolomics and transcriptomic data? A:  We use MAGI. Reference: Erbiligin et al.  MAGI: A Method for Metabolite …

… in soil health through nitrogen-fixation and holds clues for maximizing soybean, the common bean’s close relative, as … peas, soybeans and chickpeas. While no longer under the umbrella of the JGI, McClean and Schmutz have continued their … to have with a faster-cooking bean itself.” The original reference genome yielded what are now widely-used molecular …