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… An improved genome assembly to support targeted tree breeding for the bioeconomy.   The Science Researchers report a new reference genome for eucalyptus in the July edition of the journal G3 Genes | Genomes | Genetics , with … operated under contract no. DE-AC02-05CH11231. The bioinformatics work conducted at the University of Pretoria was …

… A quick snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers behind software that finds plasmids and viruses within microbial …

… In this short video, UC Merced undergraduate and graduate … challenges they overcame, and what new skill sets they look forward to taking back to school.  The interns from this … And also specifically, it sparked my interest in bioformatics, so that’s what I’m gonna take with me to the …

… who has been awarded the van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in 1986, the van Niel Prize recognizes …

… This single environmental trigger highlights efficiency for users requiring multiple omics methods to examine … chemical factories. They hold genetic blueprints for dozens of complex compounds, but stay largely dormant under … standard conditions. As described in a recent issue of mSystems , scientists found that adding salt to the growth …

… We know all kinds of things about plastic – except, how to break it down for recycling. But some hungry insects can digest plastic. …

… There’s a party in the soil, and microbes are the VIPs. They’re feasting on the compounds that plants secrete through their … rhizosphere. In this episode, biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has your backstage …

… The Sequence to Function: Applications and Analysis for the Future (SFA²F) meeting brings together established and emerging scientists from … industry, and government organizations for three days of scientific presentation, interactive panel discussions, …

… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist … of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Roux leads the Viral Genomics group … diversity, understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity.  …

… Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to understand how the freshwater ecosystem works.  So a few years ago, when they set out to …

… Registration has closed.  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is offering a five-day workshop … Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data and workflows for computational analysis and interpretation of sequence …