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… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient … -Mike Wilkins, Colorado State University GI users and microbiome researchers Mike Wilkins and his graduate student …

… 2020 collaborative FICUS projects. Through the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national user … on an aspect of the  Phenotypic Response of the Soil Microbiome to Environmental Perturbations   under PNNL’s …

… Summer 2025 marked the second year of Alabama A&M University students coming to the DOE Joint Genome Institute for research and … Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. This year, however, there was a new aspect to …

… A mini-episode looking at the efforts of Pankaj Trivedi, whose … approved through the JGI Community Science Program, to use microbiome science to help make plants more resilient to …

… JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single … first study to take a more global look at giant viruses by capturing genomes of uncultivated giant viruses from … expanded 10-fold from just 205 genomes, redefining the phylogenetic tree of giant viruses. Metabolic Reprogramming a …

… Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , researchers focused on the full composition … ) conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute ( https://ror.org/04xm1d337 …

… Harnessing BER-funded data resources, researchers built an interactive and comprehensive database of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use … This work was supported by the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture …

… Learn more about JGI’s  PhycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… In 2024, the DOE Joint Genome Institute and Alabama A&M … mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel on researching the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. They also took part in many enriching workshops …

… Workshop The workshop is addressed to students and professionals of biology, biomedical research, the health sciences and related fields who are interested in learning and sharing concepts, tools and … research results in genomics, metagenomics and the human microbiome. The workshop will train participants in …

… around the country recognize that crop varieties grow best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their … crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … to customize the crop for additional end products. The genetic diversity within this set of plants, each with a …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … For the past few years they have partnered with JGI’s Microbiome Data Science group led by Nikos Kyrpides , mining … nature was using it to do something important.” Related Publications:  A scoutRNA Is Required for Some Type V …