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… Sequence-based studies — from metagenomics to single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding of giant viruses. The Science In the last … have used culture-independent approaches to gain insight into the  genomes of giant viruses. In a new review, …

… tool called geNomad that identifies and classifies mobile genetic elements based upon their gene content and their genetic sequences. Roux was first author on a study featuring a new …

… organisms (symbionts) are transmitted between host generations, researchers investigated the role that bacteria … with the fungi and bacteria, while the DOE JGI team sequenced and annotated a host genome (Rm ATCC 52813) as … are potential sustainable sources of alternative fuels, so understanding fungal-bacterial relationships can shed light …

… credits her high school teacher with inspiring her to get into science and wanted to pay it forward. Defining a … images from Google maps to plan their route, and had to adapt when they noticed while collecting the samples on … DNeasy PowerSoil Kits and sent the samples to the JGI for sequencing.  While JGI processed, sequenced, and analyzed …

… impressive amount of biomass which could then be converted into sustainable biofuels . For its importance to the DOE … candidate bioenergy feedstock crop. In 2018, the JGI had sequenced and assembled the genomes of two varieties of a … has allowed the research team to associate climate adaptations with switchgrass biology. Switchgrass has a large …

… AMGs in soil viruses thought to break down chitin, the gene sequences were cloned by the JGI.  The JGI’s DNA synthesis … chitosanases originated in bacteria before being modified into virus-specific versions through genetic drift and … soil viruses and AMGs. It could spawn future research into understanding why these AMGs exist in the first place, and …

… where he developed novel tools for large-scale in situ gene expression analysis in multicellular organisms. During … developed and applied novel computational and experimental sequence-based methods for elucidating the gene regulatory landscape of vertebrate genomes, which led …