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… a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But what trends govern those … interactions? Do generalist viruses run rampant, capable of infecting different host species? Or, do they tend to …

… Congratulations to the JGI’s Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in the Class of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The selection process …

… The chromosome-scale genome sequence of trifoliate orange yields clues to disease-resistance that … from greening disease. You’ve probably never heard of trifoliate orange. Otherwise known as  Poncirus trifoliata , it’s an evolutionary cousin of the  … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… More than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, … Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi …

… Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More than two billion years ago, cyanobacteria acquired the ability to produce … own food and generate oxygen as a byproduct. The abundance of oxygen shaped the evolution of life on Earth, and led to …

… Webinar held November 5, 2020 (watch the  video below, captions are available) spotlighted the metabolomic analysis … (CSP) . This includes mass spectrometry-based measurements of primary and secondary metabolites from plants, … The webinar featured  Trent Northen and Ben Bowen of the  JGI Metabolomics Program , along with Jenny …

… Every fall, a mysterious green growth appears on top of farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might …

… SIP labwork and analysis can be very demanding.  The JGI offers SIP analysis to make these experiments accessible to … more reusable, and more insightful, for the future of studying microbial communities.   …

… Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global methane production. They are thought to use billions of tons of the carbon dioxide trapped in biomass each year … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are microscopic, photosynthetic … is displacing these important cold-water communities of algae with warm-adapted ones, a trend that threatens to … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… As set out in the JGI Five-Year Strategic Plan – “Beyond Basepairs, A Vision for Integrative and  Collaborative Genome Science” – … to further develop a more diverse and inclusive pool of talent for career opportunities at JGI and Berkeley Lab. …

… Edward Lu and mentor Miguel Romero Sean Saki and mentors  Zhong Wang and Bryce Foster Sivagunalan Thamilarasan and … And also specifically, it sparked my interest in bioformatics, so that’s what I’m gonna take with me to the … are a little bit stronger in computing, so I was kind of worried coming into the, the internship that maybe I …