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Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. … were considered to be complete genomes, and their discovery has extended the possible virophage genome size range …

Congratulations to Tanja Woyke, who has been awarded the van Niel … for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in … Prize, the committee recognized Woyke as a pioneer in uncovering the hidden diversity of “microbial dark …

What grass is a prized ornamental and a bioenergy plant? Meet Miscanthus , an attractive addition to your garden …

Learn more about MycoCosm, a data portal with over 2,000 fungal genomes and multi-omics datasets, equipped with interactive …

CheckV can help researchers assess virus sequence fragments and data quality. The Science Through advances in sequencing … and identified from environmental samples (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of …

DOE Office of Science User Facility, hosted three undergraduates and seven graduate students from UC Merced through their … innovative environment where collaboration and research discovery are at the forefront.” Mentors: Rex Malmstrom, …

The United States  is the world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans … as 90 percent. As part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute’s  2016 Community Science Program portfolio , Sebastien …

… in Mexico. While conducting early field studies related to her thesis on cone snails, UC Merced graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan and alumnus of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship … noted. “I spent a good portion of 2016 and all of 2017 looking for  C. californicus across the California-Baja …

Executive Committee (UEC) represents the JGI user community and is responsible for providing input and advice on JGI policies and practices that affect users and their access to technical capabilities … and career stages. The election period concluded on October 21. The results are in and JGI extends a warm welcome to the …

Fine-tuning metabolic gene expression helps identify variants in yeast genes. The Science Scientists have developed a … library approach to tuning gene expression in metabolic pathways. Compared to the traditional way, which leverages an … were previously missed in knock-out screens. These results show that this singular library synthesized by JGI was …

Through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo Kaze, Akshay Paropkari, Vicente Ramirez and Rhondene Wint had summer 2018 internships in Walnut Creek. The students’ research …

Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea … latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to North America: …