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… entities that seek to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in … Science Group Lead Nikos Kyrpides at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User …

Bob uses single-cell genomics and metagenomics to explore how microbes influence people and the environment. This includes studying the diversity, … and community ecology of microbes sampled from the natural environment. …

… secondary metabolites, those molecules not essential for growth yet essential for survival, may now be easier to … edits affect functionality.  CRAGE allows for the transplanting of these BGCs from one organism into an alternate … That work by JGI researchers was published April 2022 in Cell Chemical Biology . When it comes to insect killer P. …

… to the proposers of the 19 proposals selected for the 2023 Community Science Program call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of … CSP call had five areas of emphasis: genes to function, plant and algal functional genomics, inter-organismal …

… revealed that just a handful of enzymes are needed to transform zealexins and related precursors into a bonanza of … of chemicals called terpenes. Terpenes are important in plant growth, defense, and environmental interactions, and also have industrial applications, including bioenergy. All plants make terpenoids, which carry out a …

… program is now an author on a Nucleic Acids Research publication. The paper describes the version 6 data updates … exercise helped us in filling or updating geographic information for nearly 1,100 samples,” said Reddy. Kaushal also reviewed …

… analyses across the genomes of multiple species in a single experiment. “Effectively, you can identify conserved … species to answer questions about how they break down plant materials, which could be useful for industrial biofuel production, and multicellular development. “DAP-Seq is the main source of …

… of an obligate symbiont—entirely dependent on the other for required nutrients—is genome size. The obligate … growth because they had larger genome sizes and their cells were not observed to associate with host cells. In … Wales along with researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of …

… a first glimpse into a full season’s cycle of this polar environment. This cycle suggests a reliance on … occupy more space on Earth than any other ecosystem. Therefore, understanding the microbial activity that dominates … and included researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of …

… is an image of Mono Lake, a saline soda lake east of California’s Yosemite National Park, taken by JGI’s own Jon … Print copies will be available the annual JGI Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting in San Francisco …

Spencer Chair in Genomics at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology! Loretta Spencer served as a manyterm … Grimwood heads the Library Construction group for the JGI Plant Program . Her collaborations with the JGI began soon … large-scale multi-institutional JGI projects and resulting publications that Grimwood contributed to include: A 2021 …

… tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications. Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead it to the … bp) that directs the endonuclease where to cut, but these “single guide” RNAs (sgRNAs) can be faulty. Without a good …