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… An article summarizing the field of viral metagenomics, authored by JGI … every aspect of our daily lives.  But for researchers who study viruses that infect organisms much smaller than … and nitrogen cycles. Currently one of the best ways to study such viruses is by sequencing the bulk DNA or RNA …

… for another episode of Natural Prodcast. Right now I’m working on this the afternoon of the day I’m due to release it, which is not ideal for me keeping myself on my self-imposed schedule. So, we’ll have to … was jumping onto the I ntegrated Microbial Genomes and Metagenomes, the IMG platform that JGI has that really got …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements … feedstock for biofuels thanks to its drought and flood hardiness. Even with little water, full sunlight and hot …

… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … I’m definitely seeing why this is such an important area to study. Okay, what’s your third story?  DAN: The third story … ALISON: Hmm, yeah, I guess this relates to when I was studying heterotrophic bacteria: the core genome and the …

… right. Welcome back to Natural Prodcast. I did it. I’m keeping to my schedule. This should be coming out on the first Thursday of the month, just like I promised. Now I just have to make this whole “on-time thing” a habit! I’m really not good at that, you guys. I’m …

… Cas14 proteins discovered from JGI’s IMG/M database and biochemically characterized at UC Berkeley and the Innovative Genomics Institute.  The Science Researchers … author Lucas Harrington was a graduate student from study senior author Jennifer Doudna’s lab, and he worked …

… an interactive browser that allows other researchers to study the genomes and predict the metabolic abilities of … One test was to predict traits of more than 400 cultured rumen prokaryotes from the  Hungate1000 project . They also used the tool to predict possible functions from 733 metagenome-assembled rumen genomes. Finally, they used the …

… “Adopt a Genome” is an informal program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s … the expectation that faculty will work with undergraduates in the analysis and publication of the claimed genome sequences. This opportunity, provided by the Joint Genome Institute, builds upon thousands of microbial …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … culture. Beginning in the early 2000s , these environmental metagenomes began to offer a window into viral existence. … over 125,000 partial and complete viral genomes. That study multiplied the number of known viral genes by a factor …