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… Genomics Program since 2009 and heads the Single Cells group. She has also served as the Functional Genomics … Lab’s 2015 Women @ the Lab honorees. Woyke’s research focuses on developing and harnessing single-cell methods to … space grew from 123,000 to over 900,000 proteins, and virus diversity in this group expanded 10-fold, offering the …

… forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, paving the way … from a wildfire that burned at the Colorado-Wyoming border, about a year after the fire. They sampled soil across a … and growth.  This study builds on the pyrophilous fungi the JGI has previously sequenced , and provides a powerful …

… Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics … to this, he served as a Research Molecular Biologist at the USDA for 12 years where he was a driving force behind the … plants interact with their microbiomes. In addition, his group conducts comparative genomic research to understand …

… the genome. Many plant pathogens such as the fungi that cause poplar leaf rust, are rich in transposons, which may … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, and others like it, are uncovering the true diversity of the fungal kingdom. The abundance of fungal …

… ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these algae … feedstocks that can thrive in saltwater mitigates concerns about diverting resources such as arable land and fresh … be achieved. Researchers at many national laboratories are working toward that goal. In a collaborative effort …

… now available to the global research community able to not just analyze but also create DNA sequences mimicking an array … sequences based on the principles it learns from the data about genetic structure — carrying with it the potential … foundation models. However, the sheer vastness of microbial diversity is not covered by reference genomes.”  Most of the …

… a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements of in situ … the ocean. Later during his postdoctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he developed a high … co-transcriptomics reveals discrete stages of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Nature Plants 10, 673–688 …

… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … health. Summary Soil viruses are a reservoir of genetic diversity and capable of transferring genes from one host …

… which microbes are present in a sample, to generate data about which organisms are active, and which microbes are … microbial ecosystems. These communities harbor tens of thousands of different organisms who all consume different … functions, traits and competition, illuminating the inner workings of an environment. For example, SIP experiments can …

… funded by a DOE training grant.  Building off the previous year’s project, undergraduate interns Tamyra Long and … the Oakland soccer club this summer.  Want to learn more about their experience? Watch the short video below:  Video … And, I'm a computational biologist. So I have been working with Zyiah and Tamyra this summer and teaching them …

… and around Earth outnumber the stars in the Milky Way, viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of … viral genomes. This includes (i) classifying viruses into groups that can be compared across studies, (ii) predicting … environmental samples to help uncover the phylogenetic diversity of the human gut microbiome. By bringing their …