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A two-day kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley … as well as microbial ecology with a focus on metabolism and ecosystem health. To facilitate in-depth discussions on … also intensively discussed. The Berkeley Synchrotron Infrared Structural Biology (BSISB) Program for the …

Dr. Rokhsar joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2000 as the founding … IBM Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY … Publications … 2018 Marthella Foskett Brown Chair, … Genomics and Computational Biology … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …

Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has … Characterization of p-hydroxycinnamate catabolism in a soil Actinobacterium. J. Bacteriol. 196, 4293-4303. Otani, … Mol. Microbiol. 87, 1223-1236. PubMed … Education … Publications …

The ocean depths are vast and dark. But there are hotspots on the ocean floor … microbial communities thrive, and even support entire ecosystems. Hear from researchers Anna-Louise Reysenbach, … St. John, Gilberto Flores, and Peter Girguis about sampling these communities, and understanding how they’ve adapted …

Analysis reveals cotton genome stability across global lineages . Come harvest time, the cotton fields look like … bursting out of the green pods in every direction. There are 100 million families around the world whose livelihoods … Science “The results described in this  Nature Genetics publication will facilitate deeper understanding of cotton …

A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes … a specific group of marine bacteria called “Vis6” that are found in North Sea algal blooms. The workflow starts by … view of a population’s genetic makeup and identifying viruses interacting with these populations. Development of …

Metagenome-assembled archaeal genomes provide new insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing … belongs to Korarchaeota Drs. Luke McKay and William Inskeep are co-authors on the Borrel et al. study described above, …

Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even … called phytoplankton play an outsize role in cycling carbon and nutrients. These microscopic algae have managed … concentrations of the essential trace metal zinc, compared to other oceans. That zinc turns out to be extremely …

Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base … methylation of the base cytosine at the 5th position on its carbon ring, or 5mC. In many organisms, 5mC is an important … pathogens such as the fungi that cause poplar leaf rust, are rich in transposons, which may help the pathogens evade …

… with specific questions regarding their proposed research are encouraged to schedule time with Tanja Woyke .  Click to … Nature Biotechnology 35, 676-683. Schulz et al. 2017. Giant viruses with an expanded complement of translation system … User Programs … Education … Awards and Service … Selected Publications …