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The latest edition of the JGI Progress Report highlights notable research and scientific collaborations in 2018. The cover is an image of Mono Lake, a saline soda lake east of California’s Yosemite …

… of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley Lab), have taken stock of the … sequence data generated over the past three decades, their study assesses what fraction of the microbial diversity we … genes on nearly 2 million genomes, including isolates, metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) with varying quality …

… “NeLLi 2023 Symposium” delving into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and latest discoveries toward the … in the areas of bioenergy and biomedicine, as well as biotechnology. NeLLi August 24 – 25, 2023 Session Speakers:   … Schulz,  New Lineages of Life Lead Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh, Metagenome Program Tanja Woyke, Microbial Program Robert …

… the field, work at the lab bench, and also do some computational analyses at their desks. As part of the DOE JGI’s efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the sciences, among the interns were two undergraduate … (NSF) and supports underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. This summer, …

… array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. At these vents, and underwater volcanoes,  … other biomolecules that could potentially be applied to biotechnology and medicine. A more robust understanding of … Laboratory, contributed metagenomic sequencing to the study as well as  genome analysis, providing authors a more …

… biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those molecules not essential for growth … now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and CRAGE … make up the foundation for a slew of vital products in biotechnology, medicine, agriculture, and other industries — …

… never heard of trifoliate orange. Otherwise known as  Poncirus trifoliata , it’s an evolutionary cousin of the  … JGI collaborator, are senior authors of the  recent study published in  The Plant Journal.  this study included the discovery of candidate genes that confer …

… cyanobacteria; they began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, communally, in microbial …

… strategic plan outlines how the JGI will advance the bioeconomy, leveraging partnerships to advance foundational … will bridge fundamental knowledge gaps to advance biotechnology and biomanufacturing.  As a leader in genomics … as well as collecting extensive input from all JGI staff, Biosciences and Berkeley Lab leadership, JGI advisory …

Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … (Berkeley Lab), to fill in these gaps of knowledge. In a study published November 11, 2022, in Cell Genomics , the … with nearly 5,000 publicly available ones and 1,100 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) reconstructed from …

… with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, after completing a petascale postdoctoral fellowship at NERSC and LBNL’s Computational Research Division.. As a postdoc, her research focused … participant, 2021 Member of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program Chair of …

… hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they … but these symbiotic interactions are difficult to study in the lab. Metagenomics provides new views of these … the microorganisms had a close relationship. Then, using metagenomes and metatranscriptomes generated by the U.S. …