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The ocean depths are vast and dark. But there are hotspots on the ocean floor — underwater volcanoes and hydrothermal vents — where lively microbial communities thrive, and even support entire … and understanding how they’ve adapted to this extreme environment.   …

… became Platform Lead where she manages metabolomics production for community sequencing projects and heads R&D efforts … rich metabolite profiles from diverse biological and environmental samples in support of user science.  Capabilities … Rocha UN, Shi S, et al. Dynamic root exudate chemistry and microbial substrate preferences drive patterns in …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help … aim is identifying chemical compounds that could inhibit microbial methane production. Another effort is in using …

Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three groups focused on HTP DNA design and assembly, strain engineering and … development/data analysis for synthetic biology and functional genomics. Prior to joining the JGI, he was a group lead … Wales, Cardiff, Genetics Ph.D. – University of Cambridge., Microbial molecular biology Post-doctoral positions  – …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help … because they often need unique conditions and a specific microbial host to replicate. Sequencing genetic material …

JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in sequences affect traits. In a text file, the rows of … G appearing over and over in a dizzying array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the absence of all … between genomes of different species. This can provide insights into how they orchestrate sets of genes to execute …

… further demystify biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those molecules not essential for growth … may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and CRAGE …

Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a dataset of microbial genomes sampled from rivers covering 90% of the …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help … from environmental samples — to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. These genes were identified based on their …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA … on a group of plants called yuccas. If you know Joshua Tree, that’s an example of a yucca species. And the cool …

Through advances in sequencing technologies and computational approaches, more and more virus sequences are being recovered and identified from environmental samples (metagenomes). However, the quality and … the genomes of these viruses and associate them with their microbial hosts. However, assembling viral genomes from …

Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter … metatranscriptome datasets from the JGI’s Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system. “We then …