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A Natural Mechanism Can Turbocharge Viral Evolution
… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes … The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” … on its tail fibers to latch onto a specific target on the microbial cell’s membrane. Two decades ago, a team …
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FICUS-NERSC/KBASE
… The mission of the Joint Genome Institute is to serve the scientific community as a user facility pioneering functional genomics to solve the most relevant bioenergy … The researcher then submits a proposal for consideration in the next review cycle. All proposals undergo technical …
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Soil virus offers insight into maintaining microorganisms
… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a … to another, which can have a significant impact on the microbial communities within soil. Using metagenomics, scientists can … the FICUS program to JEM and used resources at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Environmental Molecular …
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Detection of short-term cropping system-induced changes to soil bacterial communities differs among four molecular characterization methods
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Ice cover extent drives phytoplankton and bacterial community structure in a large north‐temperate lake: implications for a warming climate
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Water mass age structures the auxiliary metabolic gene content of free-living and particle-attached deep ocean viral communities
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Comparison of short-read and long-read metagenome assemblies in a natural soil community highlights systematic bias in recovery of high-diversity populations
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Amplicon sequencing of ice and water phytoplankton and bacterial communities during an extreme winter in a central Canadian great lake
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Secondary Metabolites Program
… growth, provide critical advantages to the organisms producing them, and are often involved in defense, nutrient acquisition and communication. Studying … algae and plants. These compounds are key to organisms' interactions with their environments and with each other, …
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A More Intuitive Phytozome Interface
… Highlighting the latest interactive version of the JGI’s plant data portal. On … current, and only, version of Phytozome accessible as an interactive website. Since May 2019, v12 has not had any … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …
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VEGA Symposium
… Lab Attendee – $250 Student – $200 Regular Rates (begin September 19, 2026) General & Berkeley Lab Attendee – $300 Students & Postdocs – $250   Hosted by the DOE Joint Genome Institute, the 5th Viral EcoGenomics and … viral diversity, understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity …
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Partnerships: Myco-Ed
… Research Experience (CURE) that consists of coordinated hands-on experiments across fungal biology teaching labs. The purpose of the program is to: train students and professors in laboratory techniques and data … Beyond providing a scalable solution for production of high-quality …
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