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… Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in the Class of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The selection process … heads the Single Cells group. She has also served as the Functional Genomics Department Head for the Environmental …

… three new members earlier this month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chris Schadt of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Elizabeth “Lizzy” … Wilbanks has served on review panels for the JGI’s Functional Genomics CSP and the JGI-EMSL FICUS programs and …

… data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the genomes of algae? You now have one place where you can browse the … — so researchers can easily explore the evolutionary and functional relationships among the different algae. …

… and researchers more about the patterns and functions of environmental microbes. Researchers can use the tool to correlate protein annotations with ratios of DNA sequence fragments from the ecosystems. Selecting a … from their studied system results in seeing their predicted functional and metabolic roles across global metagenomes …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … Audio Two special days occur in April: the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. Since … place. ED: I mean I really think we’re at a unique time in human history, where we’re moving from when my father was …

… Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system … and researchers estimate that they hold about 25 percent of the world’s soil carbon. In high latitudes, sphagnum can … genomics .” Understanding the nature and genetic basis of functional traits in sphagnum growth and decomposition is …

… Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the … with light availability. A long-running time-series study offers a first glimpse into a full season’s cycle of this polar environment. This cycle suggests a reliance on … (project 4031). The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a scientific … students (and their mentors) how to begin establishing a professional presence through getting credit for any scientific contribution they make, whether as part of a course or internship, and before ever publishing a …

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

… JGI’s  PhycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative … on, there are 7 genomes on NCBI but your portal has only 2 of them. A: Watch the video (above) for the answer provided … would it be possible to add a feature to look for synteny of the target genome with itself, to identify regions that …

… Joint Genome Institute (JGI) provide access to a variety of tools that leverage stable isotopes to measure carbon and … The more the better. We want to put at least a microgram of DNA in the tube so you’d need at least 2 micrograms in … spectrometry (LCMS).  We do a hydrolyzation of the DNA and we look and quantify the isotopomers. We …

… For the Joint Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a quadrillion nucleotide bases of DNA sequence to the public data repositories over its now …