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… ecology and metagenomics. Her current research focuses on leveraging thousands of metagenomic datasets from host-associated and … to identify and characterize genomic information from uncultivated microbes and viruses. Prior to joining the JGI, … at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… deep subsurface ecosystem. The Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are … cells. This demonstration of the virus-host arms race in uncultivated yet abundant subsurface organisms was  recently …

… JGI researchers nearly tripled the available fungal mitochondrial genome data, unlocking new potential for AI-driven studies of energy metabolism. The Science Researchers produced … set of over 300 genomes spanning the fungal kingdom's full taxonomic breadth. Across this set, the same 15 core genes — …

… Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter … view of virus diversity,” though not at the higher-level classifications of virus groups (phyla.) The new sequences …

… Maureen is currently developing new high-resolution and high-throughput methods to link uncultivated viruses to their host. With these new methods, she hopes to expand our understanding of the roles that viruses play in their ecosystems, …

… Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic reprogramming. The Science If it … But if the duck gets infected by a virus so that it no longer looks or quacks like one, is it still a duck? For a … from The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan studying how virus infections cause significant …

… As a National User Facility, the JGI serves more than 2,500 users … from the public sector: academic and government institutions — with capabilities that had remained largely unknown … joined the JGI in 2017, he brought with him 20 years of industry experience — and an opportunity to expand the …

… Pictured is a timelapse of the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is … from the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase), the National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC), and Berkeley Lab … in support of the DOE’s research mission.     Director's Perspective     Honors & Awards …