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… analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for multiple … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … information as well as of important descriptive metadata about each strain. “This has been a very fruitful …

… data policies. Since completion of the HGP, the JGI has sustained its commitment to uploading sequence data generated on behalf of its user community to NCBI as well as to the  data portals that … at the DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research program. Following these discussions, the JGI will …

… the location of genes that provide resistance to the brown rust disease that can devastate a crop. The Impact In … foundational genetic information that crop breeders can use to improve sugarcane varieties and advance a sustainable … The work was partly enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program; in 2018, a monoploid reference sequence of …

… sigma factors that initiate transcription in bacteria. Using this technology, which combines an in vitro … coelicolor . The Impact As an integrative genome science user facility, connecting genes to functions is part of the … Both are members of the JGI’s Secondary Metabolite Science Program, which Mouncey leads. RIViT-seq is a three-step …

… in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical cycles…. Viruses play a pretty important role in the cycling of … these systems.” -Mike Wilkins, Colorado State University GI users and microbiome researchers Mike Wilkins and his … Amundson at Colorado State University have many questions about the microbial communities deep underground, and before …

… David Hibbett of Clark University fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he and 39 collaborators published a paper tracing how these mushrooms have evolved.  …

… different lifestyles. The Science The bacterium SAR324 is unusually cosmopolitan. In the ocean’s North Pacific … surface, to the blue-lit twilight zone, to the continuous pressure of the dark abyss, 4000 m (2.5 miles) deep. … (Berkeley Lab), through the JGI Community Science Program . The metagenomes were also processed using the …

… In this episode, we peer into plant cells. Researchers are using measurements from single cells to understand which … and more. And eventually, their findings could help us grow better crops, with less impact on our planet. …

… Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm … genes from isolates, there isn’t much scientists can tell about its function or its origin. As a result, these genes … The study took roughly two years to complete, with only about 20,000 metagenomes sequenced at the time. Now, that …

… The JGI’s Community Science Program gives researchers access to all kinds of sequencing, … this episode, hear proposal tips from Tanja Woyke, who runs user programs at the JGI, and project manager Miranda …

… Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… disease-resistance that could prove fruitful for saving Citrus from greening disease. You’ve probably never heard of trifoliate orange. Otherwise known as  Poncirus trifoliata , it’s an evolutionary cousin of the  Citrus genus, which gives us lemons, kumquats, …