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… The Community Science Program Large Scale call is focused on genomic science projects that address … For the CSP Large Scale call, a Letter of Intent (LOI) is required by the due date … All proposals will be externally peer-reviewed for scientific merit, … Proposers are encouraged to review the JGI’s sample requirements . …

… New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric … Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called methanogenesis. … is not limited to  Euryarchaeota .  Finding Methane-Making Microbes with Metagenomics  By leveraging metagenomics to …

… The Genome Insider podcast brings listeners into the science that the JGI makes possible. Each episode, host Menaka Wilhelm … work on all kinds of organisms, from plants and fungi to microbes and viruses. Listen in to explore the data that …

… Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically … which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest their last leafy meal. In their … in their hunt for anaerobic fungi. By growing extracts without oxygen in ruminant fluid — which smells terrible …

… Nanohaloarchaeota cultures reveal they are symbionts and not … The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in environmental processes … of soil-sediment environments, water and air-atmosphere with the humans and the biosphere), including the global …

… Novel study looks at microbiomes in aerial surfaces of plants and their roles … conifer needle microbiomes. The survey showed what these microbes are equipped to do on the leaf surface. More … land and the atmosphere. Microbes living there can interact with chemical defenses of plants and influence nutrient …

…   The Joint Genome Institute's Biodesign Platform capabilities support researchers exploring how to convert … Check out our organism-agnostic CRISPR gRNA design tool  … BOOST provides a suite of tools to automate sequence design for assembly by Gibson, Yeast …

…   The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is a national user facility located at Lawrence Berkeley … location at the IGB fosters team science and collaboration with partner organizations such as the DOE Systems Biology … The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is a …

… A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial … species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different lifestyles. The Science The bacterium SAR324 … In the ocean’s North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, microbes tend to stay localized at different depths. But …

… Plants are complex organisms that harbor a fantastic diversity of cell types and associated … Plant microbiomes hold the amazing ability to influence plant … of their bacterial host to colonize plant roots, as with Arabidopsis thaliana. Using a coupled experimental and …

… As waters warm due to climate change, corals are in mortal peril. But … When warm waters stress corals, it might be their microbes, including their photosynthetic partner, that help …