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… Thank you for joining us at the 2024 DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) Annual Genomics … gathering of leaders from diverse disciplines to highlight how they are addressing the world’s most pressing energy and …

… for studying microbial communities. These experiments can show which microbes are handling specific nutrients, or what they're doing with those nutrients, and even how quickly. …

… for bioenergy.   The Science Hydrothermal vents are ocean-floor openings in the Earth’s crust that emit hot, mineral-rich water. These vents are too deep in … ecosystems. This means they hold clues for understanding how life thrives in extreme environments. They also produce …

… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … 2025 recipient of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Roux leads the Viral … networking opportunities and fosters discussions on how to capture and characterize viral diversity, understand …

… Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, … and implementing new technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior … He is particularly interested in understanding how, when and why microbes decide to produce which …

… complex polysaccharides. Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant world facilitating the remixing of genes in the next … down polysaccharides. But scientists have wondered exactly how the microbial community carries out its helpful … Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean …

… 2022 marks the JGI’s 25th anniversary . Over the next few months, we’ll be revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great …

…   Visualizing a novel, candidate viral genome found in the deep subsurface ecosystem. The … and 2018 against a biofilm sample collected in 2018. They looked for and found CRISPR spacer sequences in the samples … This work received funding by the Alfred P. Sloan foundation (grant number G-2017-9955), the Ministry of …

… April marks both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting … Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean …

… Gary Trubl, a virologist and postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is using bioinformatics and isotopes to track how viruses influence the flow of carbon in permafrost.  …

… of Clark University fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he and 39 collaborators published a paper tracing how these mushrooms have evolved.  …