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Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat … Neocallimastix californiae , and Piromyces finnis . In work reported in 2017, the fungal genomes were sequenced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …
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A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate … biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in symbiosis with plant … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …
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A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements … in, on, and around the planet remain unknown. In recent years, advances in sequencing technologies and bioinformatic …
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Machine learning approach significantly expands inovirus diversity. To … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, developed an … viruses,” said the study’s lead author Simon Roux, a JGI research scientist in the Environmental Genomics group …
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… second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … enzymes in the soil and who made them. Based on data reported in the April issue of Soil Biology and Biochemistry …
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… led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, has discovered … and is a key component in providing genetic variation available for selection to improve biofuel yield through a …
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This summer marked the first fully in-person internship experience in several years for students and researchers alike at the JGI. With the past few years upended by the pandemic, 2023 …
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On February 17, 2021, JGI and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) co-hosted a JGI Engagement: Accessing Resources at Multiple DOE User Facilities with a Single Proposal webinar, inviting researchers to apply for …
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Over the years, hundreds of interns have come to the JGI from all parts of the globe to gain lab experience and …
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Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to understand how the freshwater ecosystem works. So … to analyze 500 metagenomes, it was the biggest project the JGI had ever put together. The next 3 episodes are the …
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