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… genomics can add significant value to the other commonly used culture-independent sequencing approaches including … the planet’s nutrient cycles and are potentially of use in fields ranging from agriculture to biotechnology and … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… first time, a team has comprehensively described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But what … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays … genes encoding these enzymes to another plant, such as  Sorghum bicolor — a  candidate bioenergy feedstock and  JGI Flagship Plant — could produce at least 15 zealexins. …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. To do anything, they must find a … bacteria, millions of  microbes govern ecosystems. These organisms carry out important environmental processes like  …

… has supported over 250 projects since it started. At the JGI, Dr. Yoshikuni also manages the Synthetic Biology Pathway Engineering group. His research focus includes engineering of non-model yeasts for production … Science Program Head at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and …

… these bacteria evolved could help inform engineering microorganisms for biofuel production and other sustainable applications. Summary Hot springs are … A recent study published in  The ISME Journal     focused on a class within  Chloroflexota called  …

… vents are ocean-floor openings in the Earth’s crust that emit hot, mineral-rich water. These vents are too … sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. At these … the communities studied. The datasets are available on the JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) …

… boggy wetlands produces an estimated 5% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. Understanding how sphagnum, a primary … their role as carbon sources. Summary Sphagnum, a genus of just under 400 mosses that can carry up to 25 times … of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute ( https://ror.org/04xm1d337 ), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is …

… develop, deploy, and maintain software that support the JGI’s Synthetic Biology Program .  Representative software includes: gRNA-SeqRET , an organism-agnostic CRISPR gRNA design tool BOOST , which … and associated tools, which track samples through the JGI’s Synthetic Biology pipeline as well as provide process …

Dr. Blow joined the JGI in 2009, and currently heads the User Support Analysis group. He received his Ph.D. from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Cambridge University University in …

Congratulations to the JGI’s Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American … Lab’s 2015 Women @ the Lab honorees. Woyke’s research focuses on developing and harnessing single-cell methods to … who spoke at the 2019 New Lineages of Life (NeLLi) Meeting organized by the JGI, were also among the AAM Fellows in …