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… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane reductase system, researchers … machinery harvests sulfur from gaseous organic sulfur compounds in the atmosphere.  Beyond bacteria, this … innovation ecosystem. “At JGI, we’ve done the synthesis, metagenome mining, all the way from sequencing to functional …

… viruses. The Science In the last thirty years, in environments all over the world, scientists have discovered … and how sequencing and bioinformatics have sped up the study of giant viruses. The Impact In their existence as … reference genome, to sift for snippets of giant viruses in metagenomes. This has been useful in marine environments, …

… in 2010. As the Deputy for Science Programs, he focuses on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives at the JGI. Dr. Visel received … National Laboratory, he developed and applied novel computational and experimental sequence-based methods for …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … While a hill of beans may not seem to amount to much, the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is actually a vital source … to their economies. It also plays an important role in soil health through nitrogen-fixation and holds clues for …

… April marks both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As … Research (SCGSR) program . Her research project, “Microbial Community Structure and Methane Production in California’s … and metabolism, work on which she is expanding with her study of microbes in California’s manmade water transport …

… Dr. Sneddon is the Advanced Analysis Group Lead in the Data Science … engineers and scientists builds and operates the data and compute platforms and bioinformatics annotation pipelines that support JGI’s portals, tools, and the … S., Pelikan, C., Scannell, D., Serber, Z., Shock, J., Sneddon, M., and Yang, X. Metagenomic library and natural product …

… the opportunity to pursue part of their thesis research at one of the DOE national laboratories or national user … caliber of scientists.” For her project, “Microbial Community Structure and Methane Production in California’s … and metabolism, work on which she will expand with her study of microbes in California’s manmade water transport …

… — before any work can begin, including the submission of samples for sequencing, or the submission of sequencing data for synthesis. This agreement, … The signing official must have the legal authority to commit your institution or organization to the terms and …

… To boost crops more efficiently in the future, the evolutionary past may hold key insights. The way that plants … Facility located at Berkeley Lab. In addition to providing metagenome mining for computational analysis of the AT … around, regardless of malfunction or misplacement.  In studying this family of ATs, researchers found that these …

… the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, particularly actinomycetes. His research activity is focused on developing and implementing new technologies and … Characterization of p-hydroxycinnamate catabolism in a soil Actinobacterium. J. Bacteriol. 196, 4293-4303. Otani, …

… visible to the naked eye, microscopy reveals unexpected complexity At first glance, the slightly murky waters in the … 5,000 times bigger than most bacteria. To put it into context, it would be like a human encountering another human … at the Université des Antilles and a co-first author on the study, performed the 16S rRNA gene sequencing to identify …