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… three new members earlier this month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chris Schadt of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Elizabeth “Lizzy” … in soils and sediments and plant-microbial interactions in crops. He has been a PI or Co-PI on five user projects with …

… in sequences affect traits. In a text file, the rows of letters A, T, C and G appearing over and over in a dizzying array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the … are conserved across fungi.” Using multiDAP-seq, Nagy’s team is comparing five fungal species to answer questions …

… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical cycles…. Viruses play a pretty important role in the cycling of nutrients in these systems.” -Mike Wilkins, Colorado …

… is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their potential contributions to … off.” Yet, after extensive study, Hatzenpicher and his team were able to definitively prove two other archaea …

… gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea likely played a key role in determining the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and regulating the global climate … sediments and based on metabolic reconstructions, the team has two main hypotheses: the novel korarchaeon could …

… and contribute to global biogeochemical cycles. Additional efforts in metabolic engineering and biocatalyst design will … degradation.  “We are  very excited to see the outcome of the innovative research  being proposed by this year’s … CSP investigators,” said Tanja Woyke, Deputy Director of JGI’s User Programs. “Many of these projects are large in …

… for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in 1986, the van Niel Prize recognizes contribution of scholarship in the field of microbiology and is awarded on the recommendation of a …

UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted to the end of a nine-week virtual internship. The celebration was … JGI staff. According to Axel Visel and Zhong Wang, founders of this internship program, this was the largest turnout for … to ensure projects progressed despite the challenges of remote work. In addition to the knowledge gained on the …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist … Roux , who was recently selected as the 2025 recipient of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American Society for … the JGI Metagenome Program, and coordinates the development of the virus and plasmid workflows for the National …

… serving on the UEC – go here to view the full roster of members. Each of the researchers had their own reasons for wishing to … an opportunity to help develop the JGI’s community outreach efforts with diversity, equity and inclusion in mind. …

JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland Hatzenpichler of Montana State University, Teresa Pawlowska of Cornell University, and Jana U’Ren (pronounced … systems, noted that she would like to help advance JGI efforts aimed at “understanding complex communities and …

… their work delivered during the 5th anniversary celebration of the internship program. Candace Cole, UC Merced JGI Mentors : Ben Cole & Axel Visel, Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions “The summer internship has … about the big stuff, well, the little stuff! People hold office hours and you can pop in and ask them questions about …