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Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) uncovered a broad diversity of … to the nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV) supergroup. The expansion of the diversity for large and giant … distribution of these viruses in the various ecosystems, their diversity, their predicted metabolic features …

Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants … Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), relied on a model grass system … also revealed that these two  B. hybridum types don’t interbreed. “Preliminary artificial crossing experiments …

… of XX. But, like some plant and songbird species, the system in shrub willow is flipped: females are heterogametic. To avoid confusion with the mammalian system, the sex chromosomes are called Z and W instead of X … team, which included scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …

… stable isotope probing (SIP) proved to vastly reduce labor and improve results. Applying this method to the study … type of mycorrhizal fungi, live within a plant’s root system. They form mutually beneficial relationships with … microbial DNA is manually separated into a few different groups based on its density — DNA containing isotopes is …

… approaches to link viruses to their host(s), collaboration with JGI users for analyzing viral datasets, and … of viral diversity and virus-host interactions in microbial systems. Through a 2021 DOE Early Career Research Program, … Dr. Roux established and currently leads the Viral Genomics group at the JGI to further explore the ecological and …

… researchers have found that there is a striking division of labor between the two groups. Fungi are much more active in degrading plant … more active in fixing and metabolizing nitrogen, a key ecosystem nutrient. The Impact This study is the first to dig …

… cells from communities of uncultivated microbes, and then efficiently retrieve and characterize their genomes. The … Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to develop a process for more … multiple techniques and was demonstrated using a specific group of marine bacteria called “Vis6” that are found in …

… facilitate world-class science. DOE JGI Project Managers collaborate with users to develop project requirements, define … Investigator Providing a general orientation to JGI systems to Investigators Preparation of formal Statement of … and submission Tracking, monitoring and expediting laboratory processing Consulting with investigators or DOE …

… mushrooms are white rot fungi, belonging to an elite group of decomposers that can break down all of wood’s … raphanica, which has been able to adapt to habitats from Alabama to Brazil, suggesting that the same decay-related … Collecting and analyzing these samples was a global collaboration that brought together 39 researchers from eight …

… and DSM Nutritional Products in Switzerland, and as Bioengineering and Bioprocessing R&D Director and Leader at Dow … serving as JGI Director, Dr. Mouncey leads his own science group at JGI focused on secondary metabolites. He is also on the Leadership Team of the National Microbiome Data Collaborative and served as President of the Society for …

… about how microbes have adapted to thrive in polar ecosystems. The work by Cavicchioli’s team sheds light on the … Antarctic lakes and offers a genetically-tractable model system that could help researchers better understand the … archaea first outlined by JGI scientists and their collaborators in 2013. While most DPANN lineages are predicted …