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… Matt is broadly interested in the interactions between microbial life and environment, and using metagenomics to study these complex natural systems. Microbial communities living in hard-to-reach …

… published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , researchers at Stanford University, the Chan … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, report the … These two things combined led us to conclude that our new methanogen did not belong to the Euryarchaeota, the …

… By leveraging new tools and large-scale data mining, JGI researchers nearly tripled the available fungal … potential for AI-driven studies of energy metabolism. The Science Researchers produced nearly 10,000 new annotations … standardized structure of the dataset position it as a resource for AI-driven approaches to predicting fungal …

… quickly accelerated understanding of giant viruses. The Science In the last thirty years, in environments all over the world, scientists have discovered giants among viruses. Now … makeup of new giant viruses. This review highlights four of these approaches. One way of detecting giant viruses …

… past billion years, fungi have spread quietly throughout our planet. From the deepest ocean floors to Antarctic … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI)’s Fungal and Algal Science Program and JGI users have been at the forefront of … crucial but uncharacterized functions. The challenge facing scientists is both logistical and analytical. How can the …

… This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s … Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve covered the specialized software and supercomputers behind this project. But … this episode is a look at how researchers get these specialized snapshots of a freshwater ecosystem. …

… Distinguished Fellow where he identified a novel apolipoprotein (ApoA5) involved in human and mouse triglyceride metabolism. He is funded by DOE and through continued competitive … Len Pennacchio is the JGI's Deputy of Genomic Technologies. oClick to learn more …

… genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga Plocamiomonas psychrophila can … recorded. Samples were taken again at two, six, 12 and 24 hours. By the 24-hour mark, these algae showed significant … increased nutrient uptake and decreased cell death.  Scientists then extracted RNA to analyze gene expression, to …

… products at volumetric productivities greater than the source strains. (Blake Rasor) Think of cells as tiny … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… assess virus sequence fragments and data quality. The Science Through advances in sequencing technologies and … uncultivated viruses. Following up on those guidelines, JGI researchers have now developed CheckV (pronounced … the genomes of these viruses and associate them with their microbial hosts. However, assembling viral genomes from …

… approach to genome recovery from metagenomes. The Science Through the JGI’s Emerging Technologies Opportunity Program (ETOP) , … genomes, particularly from incredibly complex soil microbial communities, is crucial to understanding how these … Energy Joint Genome Institute is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. …

… Dr. Grigoriev joined the JGI in 2003, following his postdoctoral training at UC … National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of California, Berkeley. He contributed to the Human Genome … Igor Grigoriev is the Fungal & Algal Science Program Head at the JGI. Click to learn more about …