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

… learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of … could provide more insights into how these fungi have adapted to stress and host specificity, particularly … (green). (From Haridas S et al.  Studies in Mycology , 2020.) Using whole genome data from newly sequenced genomes, …

Find a series of webinars related to our Integrated Microbial Genomics & Microbiomes portal. …

Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic … changes in marine microbes, the answer is no. They refer to the infected microbial cells as virocells, a change in name first described in 2011 which reflects the metabolic changes they’ve undergone. …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute … scientist Simon Roux , who was recently selected as the 2025 recipient of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American … and management best practices that have advanced the microbial sciences. The Prize also recognizes innovative and …

Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough … in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria … activity, Baldrian’s team distinguished four specific habitats within the forest floor: the leaf litter on top of …

… days wrangling viral genomes and occasionally remembering to document his code. At JGI, he develops tools for viral discovery and analysis, with a particular … viruses – though he'll take a look at anything related to microbial parasites. When not debugging pipelines, he can be …

The JGI welcomes three new members to the JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland … to help advance JGI efforts aimed at “understanding complex communities and symbioses relevant to the DOI mission.” … and can serve no more than two consecutive terms. In late 2021, the JGI launched a solicitation for nominations for …

A quick 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 … DNA, they can affect how microbes cycle nutrients and adapt to climate change. …

… facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he studied transcriptional regulation, … H, Mouncey NJ. New keys to unlock the treasure trove of microbial natural products. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2021 … Mol. Microbiol. 87, 1223-1236. PubMed … Education … Publications …

… 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 …

Dr. Rokhsar joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2000 as the founding Associate Director for Computational Genomics, and led the computational … IBM Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY … Publications … 2018 Marthella Foskett Brown Chair, …