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… The Impact The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in … of an obligate symbiont—entirely dependent on the other for required nutrients—is genome size. The obligate … The researchers then pursued the Nha-C strain for further study, tagging the cells with individual fluorescent probes. …

… Dr. Mouncey joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2017 as the fourth Director in its 27-year history. He has a wealth of managerial experience from almost 20 years in the … genetics that started with his education and carried forward into his roles as a senior research scientist at …

… tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are … algae. But human-induced climate change , a new study suggests, is displacing these important cold-water … organisms called phytoplankton (from the Greek phyto for ‘plant’ and planktos for ‘wanderer’). But they vary …

… works in partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, which specializes in genome improvement … Communication Manager Sarah Sharman recently interviewed study first author Avinash Sreedasyam, a HudsonAlpha senior … There are two different portals where this data is currently hosted. The first one is the JGI plant portal …

… Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is … establishing a professional presence through getting credit for any scientific contribution they make, whether as part …

… Pictured is a timelapse of the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is home to … Area are also co-located in the IGB. Vision The vision of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome …

… be a specific host the virus has adapted to commandeer. For bacteriophage viruses, these hosts are microbes like bacteria, not humans. With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of … This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Biological and Environmental …

… The United States  is the world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce … causes Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) and is the major pathogen of soybean. Left uncontrolled, soybean rust could reduce … , Sebastien Duplessis of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)  proposed sequencing a …

… JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … relevant to living on a changing planet. Transcript for Audio Two special days occur in April: the 50th … in Fort Collins. He’s part of a JGI-supported project studying the world’s rivers and their microbial communities. …

… Dr. Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials Initiative, a partnership … joint user capability between the JGI and Molecular Foundry for genome-encoded biomaterial discovery, design, and … on using comparative genomics to predict gene function in bacteria and leveraging molecular biology and reverse …