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… genome discoveries. Unlocking the intricate details of life’s genetic blueprint has long been a significant … analyze but also create DNA sequences mimicking an array of microbial life. By leveraging massive user-generated … for cutting-edge genomic research — and is capable of discovering and modelling complex biological sequences …

… is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their potential contributions to … as an energy source.  Until recently, our understanding of these methanogenic microorganisms was narrowed to a type …

… archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global methane production. They are thought to use billions of tons of the carbon dioxide trapped in biomass each year to do so. … integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to …

… JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s population, the … 10 times larger. And yet, while they are found everywhere, comparatively little is known about viruses, much less those …

… UC Merced graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan and alumnus of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program, first … 2016.  She described the microbial diversity patterns of Puerto Nuevo’s coastal waters and sediment with … today. I didn’t know anything about Principal Component Analysis (PCAs) when I first started, and overall found …

… Clarivate Analytics, formerly the IP & Science arm of Thomson Reuters, has released their 2019 list of Highly Cited Researchers , which includes 10 affiliated … Salamov were part of a team that presented the first large analysis of an Aspergillus fungal subgroup, section Nigri. …

… from The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan studying how virus infections cause significant … metabolic changes they’ve undergone. The Impact The number of microbes in, on, and around the planet is an astronomical … was done by the JGI, and proteomics and metabolomics analysis and microscopy at EMSL. The team infected the …

… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing … cell’s membrane. Two decades ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a … Moreover, the discovery of more than 30,000 DGRs in this analysis, a 20-fold increase over what was previously known, …

… Register for the meeting here. Here are some sessions of interest (all times in PST unless otherwise noted): … December 7   9:15am PT (online) Town Hall on the role of user facilities in accelerating research and tips for … “Microscopic time travelers: A finely tuned, time-resolved analysis of viral and microbial communities in the Erpe …

… still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have … , researchers led by Hal Alper at The University of Texas at Austin and Michael Jewett of Northwestern University describe a two-pronged approach …

… A collaborative team led by Hao Tan from the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China and involving Francis … in France and Igor Grigoriev from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility,  reported on just how morel …

… JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the annual  Community Science Program (CSP) call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to …