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… A new approach for improving functional annotation in fungal genomes. The Science In a proof-of-concept study, researchers demonstrated that a new … also highlight the corresponding need to be able to assign functions to unknown genes and improve functional annotation …

… from The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan studying how virus infections cause significant … is known about the impacts of these infections on ecosystem functions. As part of efforts to characterize global … are transformed into virocells that are metabolically and functionally different from uninfected cells. Duhaime and …

… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of … with previous studies in the same system. With the right functional characterization, those genes could become dials …

… A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements … studies. The Science Researchers demonstrated the value of conducting large-scale single cell genomics by collecting … sequencing. For example, they showed that the composition of the community was similar across sequencing approaches, …

… Emerald Nash and mentor Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacterium Graduate Interns … Igor Grigoriev and Bishoy Kamel, A Comparative Analysis of Metabolic Pathways in Fungal Pathogens Shayna Bennett and …

… for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national user … fluctuating environmental conditions. The team aims to functionally link gene families to photosynthesis and discover gene functions that may be relevant to both algae and land …

… DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, Keedrian Olmstead was back …

… his doctoral research in synthetic biology and microfluidics at the University of California, San Diego. As the Sequencing Technology … diverse plant tissues. Dr. Baumgart focuses on expanding functional genomics capabilities through process automation … BS in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of California, San Diego PhD in Molecular Biology, …

… Department at the Joint Genome Institute. His team of engineers and scientists builds and operates the data and … science.  Dr. Sneddon is an accomplished leader in data, software, compute, and AI for large-scale genomics and lab … Prior to joining JGI in late 2025, he served as Director of Scientific Computing at Predicine, an NGS-based clinical …

… University of California, San Diego (PhD, 2011) Rensselaer Polytechnic … List of pubs available on NCBI … Implementation of the Index of Cell Identity as an R package … Selected Publications … Software …

… the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His responsibilities include the development of novel computational tools to identify virus sequences, the design of new experimental approaches to link viruses to their … Neri et al., 2023. Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of …

… to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes cycle carbon and sustain biomes via the development and application of advanced mass spectrometry approaches and model laboratory ecosystems (EcoFABs). … at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …