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She earned her PhD in Microbiology and Cell Science in 2011 from the University of Florida, working with Valérie de Crécy-Lagard on using comparative genomics to predict gene function in bacteria and leveraging … biology and reverse genetics to test those hypotheses. From 2011 – 2015, she worked with Sabeeha Merchant at UCLA …

Though visible to the naked eye, microscopy reveals unexpected complexity … DNA more organized. “The big surprise of the project was to realize that these genome copies that are spread throughout … symbionts in sulfur-rich mangrove sediments not far from his lab when he first encountered the bacteria. “When I …

From left to right: [above] Emma Bell, Mallory Choudoir, Sneha Couvillion, Tobin Hammer, Christina Hazard, Rachel Mackelprang, Brook … for novel research projects — aligned with DOE missions and from PIs who have not led any previously-accepted proposals …

JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in sequences affect … “It’s a unique capability; no one else can do it in the world at this scale.” A bottleneck in the DAP-seq protocol, … The technology expresses the transcription factor proteins from a DNA template amplified directly from either genomic …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute … also one of the lead organizers of the Viral EcoGenomics & Applications (VEGA) Symposium , which will take place later … networking opportunities and fosters discussions on how to capture and characterize viral diversity, understand the …

… month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chris Schadt of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and … programs and brings expertise in metagenomics and novel applications for long-read DNA sequencing. As a UEC member, … and help develop programs to increase participation from minority-serving institutions in JGI user programs. The …

… design and assembly, strain engineering and bioinformatic tool development/data analysis for synthetic biology and … profiling of a synchronized diurnal transcriptome from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii reveals continuous cell and … al., Experimental evolution of a facultative thermophile from a mesophilic ancestor. Applied and environmental …

Dr. Kyrpides joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2004 to lead the Genome Biology Program and the development of … et al. (2021) Metagenomic compendium of 189,680 DNA viruses from the human gut microbiome. Nat Microbiol . 6(7):960-970. … ASM’s USFCC/J. Roger Porter Award (2018) Honorary Doctorate from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2017) The van …