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… have leveraged data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and … If a tree falls in the forest — whether or not anyone registers the sound — one thing is for sure: there are lots of … nutrients from that decay, and deliver those nutrients to tree roots and soil. These fungi help shape a forest’s …

… Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More than two billion years ago, cyanobacteria acquired the ability to produce their own food and generate oxygen as a … on Earth, and led to the development of multicellular organisms. Not all bacterial lineages harnessed aerobic …

… Dr. Roux joined 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 … B.S. in Microbiology, Université Blaise Pascal, France M.S. in Data Analysis and Modeling for …

… Dr. Northen is currently a Senior Staff Scientist at Berkeley Lab. Since … 2015, he founded what is now the JGI Metabolomics Program to provide advanced metabolomic methods available to JGI users.  Dr. Northen’s research is focused on using … is the Metabolomics Science Program Head at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major …

… Novel archaeal lineage found in Yellowstone may have been important in early Earth conditions. The Science Through a combination of sequencing tools and techniques applied to samples collected from … in Yellowstone National Park over time, researchers have discovered and characterized a novel phylum-level lineage of …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … 1 billion years of evolution in Kingdom Fungi — from phylogenetic relationships to evolution of genomic mechanisms — …

… Four researchers have been elected to the User Executive Committee of the Joint Genome … user facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Holly Bik of the University of Georgia, Greg Bonito of Michigan State University, Jonathan Eisen of the University of California, Davis, and Michael …

… A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold … produces an estimated 5% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. Understanding how sphagnum, a primary component of … was theorized that sex determination was possibly driven by genetics, or even temperature. By sequencing the genome, …

… have now developed CheckV (pronounced “Check-Vee”) to help researchers assess and improve the quality of … environments. Environmental DNA sequencing can help scientist to recover the genomes of these viruses and associate … perform functional assessment, host prediction, and phylogenetic analysis. The development of CheckV helps …

… “polyploid”) and their complex genomes are more difficult to sequence and assemble, in turn limiting the use of … focus on a genotype with two identical sets of chromosomes to produce a monoploid reference sequence. For the highly … Sugarcane produces 80 percent of the world’s sugar, which is of interest to bioenergy researchers who want to develop …

… Developing and validating an integrated approach to genome recovery from metagenomes. The Science Through the … have developed and improved upon a tool that combines existing DNA sequence binning algorithms, allowing them to … characterization of community members and their genome-encoded metabolic capabilities and interactions. Supported by …

… cultures reveal they are symbionts and not free-living organisms. The Science Researchers employed multiple microbiology and ‘omics techniques to experimentally determine that Nanohaloarchaeota are … lifestyles found in the Antarctic lakes and offers a genetically-tractable model system that could help …