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… early 2020, people all over the world have been forced to confront the awesome power that viruses have to affect nearly … 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 …

… 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 … was jumping onto the I ntegrated Microbial Genomes and Metagenomes, the IMG platform that JGI has that really got … Natural Prodcast talks to Aaron Puri, from the University of Utah’s Chemistry Department. …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Sorghum stands out as a candidate …

… Prodcast,” a podcast about the science and scientists of secondary metabolism.  DAN: Hey there, and welcome to the first … 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 …

… 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 … Natural Prodcast's interview with Elizabeth "Betsy" Parkinson, from Purdue, about bacterial signaling molecules and …

… to accurately edit genomes (that is, repair gene mutations, and either delete or add genes in a precise fashion) has applications across many areas. In particular, gene … 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 …

… the JGI’s unpublished microbial genomes, with the expectation that faculty will work with undergraduates in the analysis and publication of the claimed genome sequences.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 genomes that have been sequenced …

… 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 …