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… technologies provide opportunities for students and professors alike The Science In  PLoS Pathogens , a team of … contributions—including sequencing services and analysis—to participants. Over the past two years, Myco-Ed has been used … because fungi are very diverse organisms with potential biotechnology applications in a range of fields including …

… DAN UDWARY: Hey everyone and welcome back to a new session of Natural Prodcast. I’ve got two things I wanted to tell … Brian Bachmann from Vanderbilt University’s Chemistry Department, where he is the PI of the Laboratory for … a question. When you’re sampling the caves, do you go after particular sources? Do you go after sediment? Do you go …

… here today, and we wanted to talk to her about a whole list of things. So we have a Scripps background shared together, … was Professor Marcel Jaspars who was in the Chemistry Department. And I was enrolled in biochemistry, but I thought, … we were both enrolled as undergraduates in the Chemistry Department, which caused no end of confusion. And we actually …

… The Fungal & Algal Program explores the vast diversity of fungi and algae to unlock their potential for bioenergy, … and bioproducts. By sequencing and analyzing the genomes of these organisms, the program investigates the biological … into practical applications, including sustainable biofuels, biomaterials, natural products, and environmental …

… research is focused on the discovery and characterization of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and … to identify new divergent lineages and expand the Tree of Life. We then investigate the coding potential to find … and characterizing giant viruses, which possess genomes and particle sizes that rival those of cellular organisms. Giant …

… Research in the Woyke laboratory focuses on the utility of single-cell methods to access genetic material of uncultivated taxa of interest. One such effort is targeted at environmental … data is critical to further test such hypotheses. In particular during an era of ‘homology creep’, function …

… 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 by the JGI though not formally analyzed or published.  The purpose of the program is to: Build curiosity and illustrate the …

… uses advanced sequencing technologies to decode the genomes of microbes in their natural environments. This work … drive innovations that could advance our understanding of Earth’s ecosystems. … Program focuses on the high-throughput sequencing of microbial communities to uncover the complex interactions …

… analysis techniques to explore the vast and diverse world of microbes. Studying bacteria and archaea, including those … associated with microeukaryotes, enhances our understanding of terrestrial biogeochemical cycling and inter-organismal … The program aims to generate high-quality genomic datasets, particularly for uncultivated microorganisms, by sequencing …

… Below is a brief description of the process needed to prepare and ship samples for … sample QC requirements and protocols Obtaining DNA and RNA of suitable quantity and quality has been the rate-limiting … step for many projects at the JGI. The quality of the starting material is one of the greatest predictors …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), with support of the US Department of Energy Office of Science, as well as from the US … and Virginia Polytechnic Institute State University, was released to the public in a highly-cited 2006 publication in …