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… the ocean. Later during his postdoctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he developed a high … bacterial cells and amplifying their genetic material, thus bypassing the need to culture these microbes in the lab. … A distinct lineage of giant viruses brings a rhodopsin photosystem to unicellular marine predators.  PNAS 116 (41), …

… a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays … scientists have identified at least 15 zealexins, they suspect there are even more to find. Zealexins are produced … a dozen enzymes. But researchers have now revealed that just a handful of enzymes are needed to transform zealexins …

… off early from aerobic fungi, which can breathe oxygen — just like we do. Oxygen is a rich source of energy, and because anaerobic fungi can’t harness it, scientists long held … source of antibiotics. Indeed, these anaerobic fungi may be using these compounds for self-defense. But the compounds …

… insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, for publicly available metagenome data … and short-chain alkane-oxidizing archaea. They used IMG because the database already contains metagenome …

Machine learning approach significantly expands inovirus diversity. To answer the question, “Where’s Waldo?” … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, developed an algorithm that a computer could use to conduct a similar type of search in microbial and …

Dan Rokhsar Simon Roux Asaf Salamov Jeremy Schmutz Susannah Tringe Tanja Woyke Below are a few projects each of … Chen ,  Natalia Ivanova ,  Nikos Kyrpides ,  Simon Roux , Susannah Tringe , and Tanja Woyke  were part of a “big data” … and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass  Miscanthus sinensis in  Nature Communications.  The reference genome …

… of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… of California (UC), Merced graduate student working with  Susannah Tringe , JGI’s User Programs deputy and head of the Microbial Systems group … and Methane Production in California’s Canal System,” focuses on anthropogenic impacts on wetland microbiome …

… is the world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel. The fungus  Phakopsora pachyrhizi causes Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) and is the major pathogen of …

… method of traditional shotgun metagenomics. One approach uses fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) to sort … a recent Nature Communications paper, uncovering giant virus sequences in soil for the first time. A second approach … reconstructing genomes directly from the environment and focuses on sequence reads to link mobile elements such as …

… instrument when applying to the FY2022 EMSL-JGI FICUS call for proposals. Presentations from: Scott Lea, EMSL’s … “Solar Energy Conversion in Cyanobacterial Membranes” Marcus Foston, Washington University in St. Louis on “Integrated … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

Biology Pathway Engineering group. His research focus includes engineering of non-model yeasts for production … microbe-microbe and plant-microbe interactions in various environments to improve crop yield, and developing a … Science Program Head at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and …