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Marianne is an affiliate researcher who uses metagenomics to study giant viruses in cold marine environments and is interested in analyzing genes that can impact …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The … sampled all at once from the same environment, called metagenomes. Why? Simon Roux, who led the research team and … the dice. There’s some evidence to support the idea. Study coauthor Stephen Nayfach, a JGI bioinformatics …

Tomas uses traditional cultivation methods along with microscopy and genomics to study endosymbiotic associations within microbial …

… of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, are sharing their expertise in … characterizing the human microbiome  by its genomes and metagenome , rather than just by 16S ribosomal RNA gene censuses.  Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh ,  Metagenome Program lead, shone a spotlight on  ammonia …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of … mosses that can carry up to 25 times their dry weight in water, makes up the overwhelming majority of the ground … National Laboratory, and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology sequenced sphagnum  genomes from plants selected …

… to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. The data from that study is now used across California State University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource …

… “NeLLi 2023 Symposium” delving into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and latest discoveries toward the … 24 – 25, 2023 Session Speakers:   Laura Hug , University of Waterloo Fabien Burki , Uppsala University Rebecca Batstone … Schulz,  New Lineages of Life Lead Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh, Metagenome Program Tanja Woyke, Microbial Program Robert …

… and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found … between tiny organisms (microbes) located in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive microbial … currently has more than 700,000 plasmids from genomes, metagenomes and metatranscriptomes. To lower barriers to …

… from the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase), the National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC), and Berkeley Lab … This year we brought online the latest short-read technology, the Illumina NovaSeq X Plus, and the latest … algorithms to identify billions of protein sequences in metagenomes.  We continue to engage with our user community …

By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new … and the fuel for food webs as they turn carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and sugars. How photosynthesis works, …

… benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less … Plants provide photosynthesized carbon, while fungi deliver water and nutrients. In order to do so, these organisms … sharing.  Recently, researchers have been able to study both sides of this interaction up close, using RNA …