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This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve covered …

By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, … scientist at the JGI and Molecular Foundry, and the study’s senior author. In other proteins, two histidine … has some amazing resources and people — not just the instrumentation — but the experts we were able to work with on …

Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even … temperatures characteristic for polar oceans. In this study, they’ve cracked open the genome of another polar … latitudes from pole to pole, using metatranscriptome and metagenome data from the JGI. With multiple threads of …

… 25th anniversary. Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our … plant biomass. Here, cud-chewers like goats, sheep and cows share an important talent. In their herbivorous lives, … processing. “So if you peer inside a poop sample, or a rumen sample, you’re going to find beautiful diversity.” …

The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why each year we look for … not led any previously-accepted proposals — through the New Investigator call under our Community Science Program . … is October 4, 2024, for inclusion in the December 2024 review. You can also find more information about the JGI’s …

Tanja Woyke and other JGI researchers made their debut writing for the Nature Reviews Microbiology column last year — and there’s more to … characterizing the human microbiome  by its genomes and metagenome , rather than just by 16S ribosomal RNA gene …

… fellow at the Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. …

… second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate … nitrogen, a key ecosystem nutrient. The Impact This study is the first to dig into a forest floor ecosystem to … able to identify proteins, the team compiled DNA sequences (metagenomes) and messenger RNA sequences (transcriptomes) …