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… This year the AGU Fall Meeting, with the theme “Science is … unless otherwise noted): December 7   9:15am PT (online) Town Hall on the role of user facilities in accelerating … Successful Proposals December 9  4:15pm PT (online) Town Hall on how the Facilities Integrating Collaborations …

… The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But what trends … of infecting different host species? Or, do they tend to specialize, infecting just a single host? Another wrinkle … lyse all those local hosts, they’d likely have a hard time finding more. …

… The JGI is excited to welcome six to the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Facilities (FICUS) program for fiscal year 2026, in partnership with the Environmental …

… The JGI welcomes three new members to their User Executive Committee (UEC) – Jack Gilbert, … six other JGI users already serving on the UEC – go here to view the full roster of members. Each of the researchers had their own reasons for wishing to serve on the UEC. For microbial ecologist Gilbert …

… Stephen Nayfach and  Nikos Kyrpides , was  recently published in the journal  Annual Review of Biomedical Data … . The following guest piece was written by Call, a postdoctoral fellow in the JGI Microbiome Data Science Group led by … early 2020, people all over the world have been forced to confront the awesome power that viruses have to affect …

… crust that emit hot, mineral-rich water. These vents are too deep in the sea to get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. At these … Foundation grants OCE-0728391, OCE-0937404, OCE-1558795 to A-L.R, and OCE-2049478 and DBI-2047598 to K.A. We thank …

… Congratulations to Tanja Woyke, who has been awarded the van Niel … in Bacterial Systematics for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in 1986, the van Niel … International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Due to the ongoing pandemic, Woyke will receive the prize at a …

… help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality … going to sell it, of course.” McDaniel’s lab predicts the decoded complex plant genomes will lead his team to a similar … was supported by NSF DEB-1541005 and start-up funds from UF to S.F.M.; microMORPH Cross-Disciplinary Training Grant, …

… Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough … forest floor, a team of researchers have found that there is a striking division of labor between the two groups. … ignoring these difficult potential foodstuffs. The team’s findings also illustrate what’s happening on a spatial …

… have leveraged data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and … If a tree falls in the forest — whether or not anyone registers the sound — one thing is for sure: there are lots of … nutrients from that decay, and deliver those nutrients to tree roots and soil. These fungi help shape a forest’s …

… Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More than two billion years ago, cyanobacteria acquired the ability to produce their own food and generate oxygen as a … on Earth, and led to the development of multicellular organisms. Not all bacterial lineages harnessed aerobic …

… Dr. Roux joined the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His responsibilities include the development of novel computational tools to identify virus sequences, the design of new … B.S. in Microbiology, Université Blaise Pascal, France M.S. in Data Analysis and Modeling for …