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…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are … these hosts are microbes like bacteria, not humans. With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of … pairs to generate a matrix of data points.  Applied to 216,015 high-quality virus sequences in the IMG/VR database, …

… diversity hotspots Over the past few decades, advancements in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of … said co-first author Dongying Wu, a member of the Functional Annotation team within the JGI’s Microbiome Data Science group. “Turns out … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User …

… Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user … and viral genomes, and integrate with key DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) initiatives in … and the soybean sudden death pathogen. In the genes-to-function focus area, Daniel Kliebenstein from the University …

… Congratulations to Jane Grimwood, who has been appointed the Loretta Purdy Spencer Chair in Genomics at the … group for the JGI Plant Program . Her collaborations with the JGI began soon after the JGI was established to … large-scale multi-institutional JGI projects and resulting publications that Grimwood contributed to include: A 2021 …

… second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems … Science Foundation (18- 25706S and 20-02022Y), by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic …

… Kasey Markel and Patrick Shih (UC Berkeley and the Joint BioEnergy Institute) are looking for new ways to … into wasps that program oak trees to raise their young in structures called galls.  In this episode, hear from Kasey … about how this project unfolded, and how they worked with the JGI's metabolomics program to find out more about …

… Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the atmosphere. This episode, … to that storage when a rainforest hits a drought. Tag along with their experiments in a fully enclosed, human-made ecosystem: Biosphere 2.      …

… Bird rates available now General & Berkeley Lab Attendee – $250 Students & Postdocs – $200 Regular Rates (begin September 19, 2026) General & Berkeley Lab Attendee – … understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity toward …

… land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  … and multicellularity enabled plants to develop complex structures and adapt to changing environments — ultimately … resilient crop varieties able to grow in marginal lands and with minimal resources. Enabling the use of non-arable land …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … sequences have been cited in almost one-fourth (23.8%) of publications focused on that specific algae. The reference … green algal genomes using Chlamy as a reference for functional annotation, including Chromochloris zofingiensis …

… RIViT-seq technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. The Science Regulons are a group of … genome science user facility, connecting genes to functions is part of the mission of the U.S. Department of … of Energy Office of Science under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231 …

… Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … and Kevin Solomon of the University of Delaware. Along with the existing UEC members, their areas of study span the … biodiversity, and how these changes affect the dynamics and functioning of ecosystems. She leads a recently approved CSP …