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Genome Institute in 2016 and is leading the New Lineages of Life Group. His research is focussed on the discovery of … discovery pipeline and enrichment metagenomics for terrestrial protists. These approaches enable novel … academic achievements (2008) … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Service …

Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal … genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that … known to infect most major food crops and feedstocks for biomass and biofuel production. Learning about the …

Tanja Woyke and other JGI researchers made their debut writing for the Nature Reviews Microbiology column last year — and … more to come in 2020. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office …

JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the annual  … 80 full proposals, resulting from 95 letters of intent. For the first time, 63 percent of the accepted proposals … proposal includes plans to sequence several thousand Actinobacteria strains and then use computational tools to analyze …

… those recognized by Clarivate Analytics as “true pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science.” Less than 6,200 …

… the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2010. As the Deputy for Science Programs, he focuses on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives at the JGI. Dr. Visel received his … Computational Biology , Nucleic Acids Research . Over 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals including Nature, …

Data from marine heatwave event may foreshadow climate change impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave … as “The Blob.” The event was recorded during a long-term study of microbial communities in the northeastern subarctic …

For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … hundreds of microalgae are able to partner to form lichens. Studying the symbiosis by investigating a lichen’s genomes …

… characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in … back story — they rely on enzymes that have been evolving for billions of years. However, these enzymes are often … around, regardless of malfunction or misplacement.  In studying this family of ATs, researchers found that these …

In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among … sorting (FACS) to sort cells into several small pools before sequencing to recover rare microbes. The technique was … and experimental approaches with the aim of eventually studying virus-host dynamics in nature. In the last few …

Puerto Nuevo is a small town along the Baja California coastline in Mexico. While conducting early field studies related … UC Merced graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan and alumnus of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program, first …