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In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among … would be the foundation upon which researchers can develop high-throughput and high-resolution studies of interactions between host cells and …

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

This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two …

… (MPI) for Terrestrial Microbiology and the University of Bordeaux have developed a platform that mimics … processes and use it as a sustainable resource for making high-value bioproducts. As a step toward the long-term goal, … Program (CSP) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But … lysogeny, they can insinuate themselves inside the host’s genome, living quietly and replicating with their host … sequence data) can suggest different predatory behaviors. A high relative abundance of virus can suggest a so-called …

Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been … So a few years ago, when they set out to analyze 500 metagenomes, it was the biggest project the JGI had ever put … The next 3 episodes are the story behind that giant assembly from Lake Mendota. In this episode: the software …

… microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different … The constellation of data gave the team unprecedented resolution to study the network of genes that contribute to … of life; they can fix carbon dioxide, but they drive that high-energy reaction using simple inorganic …