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… A group led by JGI scientists have made strides in improving … Mouncey. Using CRAGE, JGI has established a portfolio of microbial hosts that users can select to be engineered. … to rapidly label  E. coli  in order to monitor population dynamics in co-culture. These experiments aim to inform the …

… Streamlined genome with precise gene targeting transforms oil-producing alga into a powerful … genomic complexity can accelerate the design-build-test cycle for metabolic engineering. The discovery that … This work was supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of …

… The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) provide access to a variety of … don’t have a great way to resolve root respiration from microbial processes, but we’re not mixing the tracer with … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …

… The JGI was honored to host some of the brightest minds in genetics … change large-scale processes Keynote Talk Title: Host-virus dynamics in the ocean (Virtual) Assaf Vardi is a professor … you all know,” Vardi shared. Crucial for the global carbon cycle, photosynthetic phytoplankton do not operate alone. …

…   The JGI is excited to announce the 18 scientists selected for our 2025 Community … Call. These projects include cutting-edge research into microbial communities — from freshwater estuaries reshaped … these systems adapt and contribute to global biogeochemical cycles. Additional efforts in metabolic engineering and …

… Congratulations to Susannah Tringe , one of eight scientists and engineers who received … was recognized for “advances in sequence-based studies of microbial assemblies, revealing the roles of microbial …

… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to … The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute is supported by the …

… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of … have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most microbes cannot be … the roles of microorganisms in regulating nutrient cycles, as well as gaining insights into potential …

… Tomas uses traditional cultivation methods along with … and genomics to study endosymbiotic associations within microbial eukaryotes. He hopes to broaden our …

… Six new members have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) … change biodiversity, and how these changes affect the dynamics and functioning of ecosystems. She leads a recently … her institution and Bioenergy Research Centers. Sogin is a microbial ecologist at UC Merced, where her group focuses on …

… JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and … communities and their roles in carbon and other nutrient cycles. “This is the first study to take a more global look … noted study senior author  Tanja Woyke , who heads JGI’s  Microbial Program . The team mined more than 8,500 publicly …

… Back in 2011, JGI-supported researchers published a paper in the journal Science . It … how they’d used metagenomics to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. The data from that study is now used across …