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The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest their last leafy meal. In their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic …

A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, … hermaphrodites, expressing both male and female gametes in one individual. But some, including shrub willow  Salix purpurea , employ the evolutionary strategy we are far more familiar with: …

… a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But what trends govern those … interactions? Do generalist viruses run rampant, capable of infecting different host species? Or, do they tend to …

For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) participants. One is a fungus (usually …

A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements … metagenomics studies. The Science Researchers demonstrated the value of conducting large-scale single cell genomics by collecting …

… team  announced in  Nature Microbiology an important addition to the synthetic biologist’s toolkit: a technique for  c … ( CRAGE ). CRAGE enables scientists to insert large pieces of DNA (up to 60 kb) in a single step, directly into the genome. “CRAGE is central to our ability to offer host-engineering for our users,” says JGI Director …

Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter … viruses have a gene that encodes for an enzyme called RNS-directed RNA Polymerase (RdRP), necessary for replicating …

More than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, … Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi …

… crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … is a perennial grass that quickly grows in a variety of soils and water conditions, standing taller than basketball … plant’s traits and genetic diversity,” said John Lovell, an evolutionary biologist at HudsonAlpha and first author of …

Dr. Udwary serves as a computational biologist for JGI’s Secondary Metabolites group. His research interests lie in use and development of bioinformatics tools for elucidation of biosynthetic gene … (1996) … List available on Google Scholar … Education … Publications …

… interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his … (scRNA-seq, Spatial Transcriptomics). … University of California, San Diego (PhD, 2011) Rensselaer Polytechnic … of Cell Identity as an R package … Education … Selected Publications … Software …

Research in the Analysis R&D group focuses on developing new bioinformatics solutions to support JGI in … and enabling data-driven science. This is a group of computational biologists, bioinformaticians, computer … metagenome binning software … Education … Selected Publications … Software …