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… (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a … uncultivated viruses. Following up on those guidelines, JGI researchers have now developed CheckV (pronounced … step, numerous genes for antibiotic resistance and secondary metabolism would have been incorrectly attributed …

… a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But … interactions? Do generalist viruses run rampant, capable of infecting different host species? Or, do they tend to … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

Matthew Sullivan. He shared a few thoughts on his summer at JGI through a program that provides graduate thesis research …

A quick snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers behind software that finds plasmids and viruses within microbial …

… catch: SIP labwork and analysis can be very demanding.  The JGI offers SIP analysis to make these experiments accessible to … multiple teams and analyses. This episode, Rex Malmstrom (JGI), and Roli Wilhelm (Purdue University), share a few …

Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature … systems, these communities remain understudied. Through the JGI’s Community Science Program, Colorado State University … program at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The JGI sequenced over 1,000 metagenomes and established …

UC Merced graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan and alumnus of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program, first sampled the … Associated Microbes and Parasites. Ul-Hasan credits her JGI-UC Merced summer internship for helping lay the …

A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in … at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Y. lipolytica … and xylose — into fatty acids that could be used for renewable fuel. In fact, lipids can make up more than 90 …

Kaushal Sharma, one of five Antioch High School rising juniors who participated … the Genomes OnLine Database (GOLD) administered by the DOE JGI. T.B.K Reddy, Kaushal‘s mentor, described his student’s … a video about the Biotech Partner summer interns at the JGI. What did you do for your summer vacation? …

Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to understand how the … to analyze 500 metagenomes, it was the biggest project the JGI had ever put together.  The next 3 episodes are the …

Back in 2011, JGI-supported researchers published a paper in the journal … University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource experience. Hear … Associate Professor Matthias Hess, also the chair of the JGI User Executive Committee, on how that study went from …