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… of infecting different host species? Or, do they tend to specialize, infecting just a single host? Another wrinkle … virus had been infecting the cell. The team assembled 130 genomes from their sample — a small proportion of the … of a virus relative to its host (inferred through sequence data) can suggest different predatory behaviors. A high …

… researchers described how the viruses repeatedly attempted to infect and destroy the host archaea – and how the  … of countering multiple attempts at virus infections. Their genomes include short DNA sequences that code for CRISPR … identified. The JGI researchers surveyed publicly available data in the JGI’s  IMG/M database , information the Probst …

… and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant to living on a changing planet. Mo Kaze is a University of … Canal System,” focuses on anthropogenic impacts on wetland microbiome composition and metabolism, work on which she is …

… for growth yet essential for survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which … of a cre recombinase gene and mutually exclusive lox sites. Ultimately, this process enables researchers to … monitor loss- and gain-of-function. The study’s analytical data shows peaks and valleys in secondary metabolites as …

… team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The … CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput gene-editing tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications. Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead it to the correct sequence to snip — but not all …

… for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a scientific contribution? This session will demonstrate to students (and their mentors) how to begin establishing a … to get credit for their scientific contributions through data citations, authorship, and presenter opportunities. …

On July 6, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and other institutions shared their … an online workshop to harness deep learning for metagenomic data.  Metagenomic data, or DNA sequencing data gathered from whole samples …

… and analysis of Mobile Genetic Elements from Metagenomic Data.  Mateus’s GitHub …