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… changes in marine microbes, the answer is no. They refer to the infected microbial cells as virocells, a change in … them. In the ocean, viruses outnumber surface microbes 10 to 1, and 20% to 40% of the microbes are infected at any given time. … for User Science (FICUS) initiative through an award to MBD and MBS (#2582) and used resources at the DOE Joint …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Congratulations to Jennifer Doudna of the University of California (UC), Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – jointly the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Emmanuelle …

… the earth, but most species do not grow easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists … capability that is desirable in the microbiome field due to its high recovery of single-cell genomes. This is key to better understanding all the organisms that live in our …

… have now developed CheckV (pronounced “Check-Vee”) to help researchers assess and improve the quality of … Environmental DNA sequencing can help scientist to recover the genomes of these viruses and associate them … fragmented data, which limits the ability of researchers to accurately perform functional assessment, host …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership more clearly. The Science … (or more) participants. One is a fungus (usually belonging to the ascomycetes, one of the two main branches of fungi); …

… for students and professors alike The Science In  PLoS Pathogens , a team of faculty and researchers describe a … contributions—including sequencing services and analysis—to participants. Over the past two years, Myco-Ed has been … while curating reusable microbiome data. Undergraduate educators are partnering with the JGI and KBase to tap into their …

… Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) suite of tools managed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint … the Innovative Genomics Institute. The Impact The ability to accurately edit genomes (that is, repair gene mutations, … that allows for CRISPR-based detection of ssDNA pathogens. With few exceptions, the Cas14 proteins …

… Four researchers have been elected to the User Executive Committee of the Joint Genome … user facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Holly Bik of the University of Georgia, Greg Bonito of Michigan State University, Jonathan Eisen of the …

… was back on campus at the University of California, Merced to start orientation as a first-year graduate student in the … Olmstead saw a few familiar faces, one of them belonged to his research adviser Axel Visel. Both Visel and another … genome research and apply experimental and computation tools to solve research problems. In Visel’s group, Olmstead …