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Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge approaches.  Our group also … To provide additional functional insights into microbial genomes, the JGI now uses laser microdissection to …

… collaborative user projects, the JGI’s Plant Program delves into the natural world’s potential to address global … supports the development of next-generation biofuels by studying perennial grasses and fast-growing trees as … development of complex biomolecules — which can include antimicrobial and anti-pest compounds.  The program is working …

… facilitate world-class science. PMO works with users, JGI scientists and technical staff to onboard users and guide them through the process of working with our facility. This includes help with: preparing a … Tijana Glavina del Rio Metagenomics         Danielle Graham Microbial Program Nancy Hammon Workflow Planning Manager …

… primary interest and passion. Dr. Woyke stepped into the Microbial Genomics Program Lead position in 2009 and assumed … into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 499, 431-437. Hess et al. 2011. Metagenomic …

… partnership. The class decided to do an environmental microbial community (metagenomic) soil study in an untouched region of the Everglades, the … cycle. During regular web conferences, various JGI subject matter experts walked the class through the workflow and all …

A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of … blue-lit twilight zone, to the continuous pressure of the dark abyss, 4000 m (2.5 miles) deep. Scientists have … SAR324 exist in so many varied environments? Now, a recent study published in Microbiome has uncovered that SAR324 …

Metagenomic datasets could help map out microbial diversity hotspots Over the past few decades, advancements in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of … sequence data generated over the past three decades, their study assesses what fraction of the microbial diversity we …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … “Natural Prodcast,” a podcast about the science and scientists of secondary metabolism.  DAN: Welcome back to … this, is that I don’t have an awareness of how to go about studying them. Like to me, fungi are, you know, how do you …

Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots …

… for Episode 14 of Natural Prodcast . There’s been a lot going on, so I took a little break, but I’m hoping that from … I did my undergraduate in microbiology and then PhD in microbial genetics in the UK. And came across to the US for … And these were not in natural products, these were in studying regulatory mechanisms of, first, E. coli and then …

… for another episode of Natural Prodcast. Right now I’m working on this the afternoon of the day I’m due to release it, … to predict or just understand better the language of microbial cell-cell communication. And he told us about his … Schaefer . So we’ve been friends ever since. She’s a senior scientist who works with Pete. And they were really …