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… of webinars featuring aspects of the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) Nikos Kyrpides was part of an … viruses, understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity … seminars focus on experimental innovations, computational advances, and other technological developments that will …

… how these changes affect the dynamics and functioning of ecosystems. She leads a recently approved CSP New … decomposition. She’s also participated in the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project and has an interest in cross-disciplinary …

… and data workflows and management best practices that have advanced the microbial sciences. The Prize also recognizes … viral diversity, understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity.  …

… factors that control how genes are turned on is known as DNA affinity purification sequencing or DAP-seq. … step, and Baumgart continued and expanded on the work known as biotin DAP-seq after she left the JGI. “Biotin … it can also serve as a stepping stone to studying many genomes simultaneously through multiDAP, which allows …

… The Impact The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in environmental … consequences of microbe-microbe interactions. Using metagenomes recovered directly from environmental samples and … about how microbes have adapted to thrive in polar ecosystems. The work by Cavicchioli’s team sheds light on the …

… our understanding of the roles that viruses play in their ecosystems, particularly in freshwater ecosystems. …

… assembly of two Corymbia citriodora subspecies variegata genomes allowed researchers to study the conservation and … (JBEI), the JGI worked on resequencing several eucalypt genomes to establish the feasibility of genome wide … compared the list of putative genes from C. citriodora to known TPS gene sequences from Eucalyptus species and other …

… majority of the ground cover in peatlands. These boggy ecosystems are acidic and have very little oxygen, which is … HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology sequenced sphagnum  genomes from plants selected by a team from Duke University, …

… ecological roles of microeukaryotes in terrestrial ecosystems. Additionally, Dr. Schulz is leading a … of Applied Sciences Mannheim (Germany) M.Sc. Molecular Microbiology, University of Vienna (Austria) PhD Microbial … of metagenomic assembly and binning of a giant virus. mSystems. 5 (3) Schulz et al. (2018) Hidden diversity of soil …

… sequences in soil for the first time. A second approach known as DNA stable isotope probing (DNA SIP) relies on … processes. A third approach steps away from reconstructing genomes directly from the environment and focuses on … last few years, mapping the planet’s viral diversity has advanced drastically, aided by genome assembly from …

… available to the research community. Kyrpides’ project, “ Advanced analytics for uncovering virus dynamics and … workflows that allow researchers to easily analyze viral genomes. This includes (i) classifying viruses into groups … the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled viral genomes ( Nature Biotechnology , 2021), geNomad , a tool for …

… an assistant professor at the University of Delaware — is  building on this work to explore an enzymatic ‘toolbox’ of … transporters, pathways — into microbes that we do know, to advance our biotech goals.” …