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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 … send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing lab. So today, Chris Daum walks …

… components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: … the remaining components into  biofuels and bioproducts. If anaerobic fungi could be used to effectively modify … Research Center. O’Malley is also affiliated with JBEI. The JGI data portals and pipelines helped identify potential …

… Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately identify mobile … can affect a microbe’s ability to cycle nutrients or produce new chemicals. They can also affect ecosystems by … and Environmental Research (BER) (89233218CNA000001 to L.A.N.L., DE-AC05-00OR22725 to O.R.N.L., DEAC05-76RL01830 …

… employed multiple microbiology and ‘omics techniques to experimentally determine that Nanohaloarchaeota are … and the biosphere), including the global carbon cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and microbial … genome size. The obligate symbiont’s genome is often reduced compared to that of a free-living organism. First …

… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane reductase system, researchers could open avenues for using bacteria to produce ethylene and more.  Microbes excel at recycling … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… In  Nature Communications , researchers describe a strategy to recover high value products from human waste. They   genetically modified yeast to … produced by living organisms. The collaboration between the JGI and the Foundry on this project highlights an  ongoing …

… computational analysis for new technology development and JGI user science projects. We perform analysis for diverse … with main focus areas being genome variation, transcriptomics and epigenomics. Our work varies in scope from the … of highly customized analysis workflows for new product types, to the development of automated analysis …

… gas, regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called … of significant interest for their potential contributions to a sustainable bioeconomy, including, potentially, methane … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… Identify Novel Archaeal Methane Metabolism. Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, report the …