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… ActinoBase offers a public portal of insight into special groups of actinobacteria … for infectious disease. Streptomycetes are also abundant in soil and can be used as biocontrol agents and to promote … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day … could become more sustainable through applications of microbiome science; our water quality, our water resource … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …

… new members to their User Executive Committee (UEC) – Jack Gilbert, Ashley Shade, and Jason Stajich! They join six … serving on the UEC – go here to view the full roster of members. Each of the researchers had their own reasons … efforts with diversity, equity and inclusion in mind. Microbiome ecologist Shade became Director of Research at …

… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI … years of innovation could look like. In one article, Micro-Scale Applications head Rex Malmstrom and Metagenome Program … Communications paper, uncovering giant virus sequences in soil for the first time. A second approach known as DNA …

… CheckV can help researchers assess virus sequence fragments and data … (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a … scientist Stephen Nayfach, the study’s first author in the Microbiome Data Science group led by Nikos Kyrpides. To …

… Sugarcane was the last major crop without a reference quality … most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the … Additionally, insights from the genome could help scale sustainable sugarcane conversion technologies for  …

… On July 8, JGI’s DNA Synthesis Science group held a  JGI Engagement: Accessing … really fully exist back then,” said Hal Alper, a University of Texas at Austin professor, “but we really first heard … these capabilities in other calls such as the  annual large-scale CSP call or through the  “Facilities Integrating …

… A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research enabled by the JGI … its DNA Synthesis Science Program , the JGI enables large-scale synthesis support, sequencing, integrative -omics, and … more than 10 papers, including two Nature Plants publications, in five years, have come out of the …

… The  National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is a network of field research sites designed to collect long-term open … Q:  Does NEON have or plan on collecting RNA samples from soil or surfaces for microbe-focused collections? A: Not at … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … shrubby grass that can grow year-over-year on marginal soil and with few resources. Despite the low maintenance, it … P. virgatum on Phytozome … Plant Dataset …

… Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have … environment, which would be transformative at industrial scales. “Cell-free systems have been really powerful at …

… Dr. Rokhsar joined the JGI in 2000 as the founding Associate Director … directed towards the sequencing, annotation, and analysis of three human chromosomes. After successful completion of the Human Genome Project, Professor Dr. Rokhsar ’s team … AB in Physics, Princeton University, NJ MS in Theoretical …