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… In late June, Kathleen Lail, a member of JGI’s Sample Management Group, attended a conference in … had a defined set of objectives, and started with an image of a spoonful of dirt with the question: Do you want to … partnership. The class decided to do an environmental microbial community (metagenomic) soil study in an untouched …

… Woyke as a pioneer in uncovering the hidden diversity of “microbial dark matter”–that uncultured and unknown majority … Lab), Woyke currently serves as the interim deputy for JGI User Programs. Earlier this year, she was elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM). She has led JGI’s Microbial Genomics Program since 2009 and heads the …

… was recognized for “advances in sequence-based studies of microbial assemblies, revealing the roles of microbial … Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, and JGI’s deputy for user programs. She also leads the JGI’s Microbial Systems group. The award ceremony was held …

… Congratulations to the JGI’s Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Woyke has led JGI’s Microbial Genomics Program since 2009 and heads the Single …

… the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, found that the … lettuce and tobacco. Olpidium itself doesn’t cause much damage to the hosts, but they are carriers of several viruses … known fossil record of land plants and evolved in early microbial biocrust environments.     …

… snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers behind software that finds plasmids and viruses within microbial genomes. As mobile genetic elements like viruses …

… automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results published in the  … things like biomass and  biofuels . However, AMF and the microbial communities they inhabit are notoriously difficult … HT-SIP is a capability available to request through  the JGI proposal calls . …

… Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, … the sequencing lab. So today, Chris Daum walks through the JGI’s sequencing pipeline, where there are freezers with …

… determine if these fungi act as friends or foes. The Impact Microbial communities comprised of fungi and bacteria can … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … Communications paper . The work was partly enabled by a JGI Community Science Program (CSP) proposal led by INRAE’s …

… Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots …

… and the focus of a  recent paper published in  Microbial Genomics .   “Studying actinomyces, especially … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, as well as a … Secondary Metabolites research group . That group, led by JGI Director Nigel Mouncey, has launched its  Secondary …