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… (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a … have now developed CheckV (pronounced “Check-Vee”) to help researchers assess and improve the quality of … the genomes of these viruses and associate them with their microbial hosts. However, assembling viral genomes from …

Nandita is involved in developing new methods to improve genome recovery from single cells and to build sequencing libraries from minimal DNA input without …

On July 6, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and other institutions shared their … insights from metagenomic data. In deep learning, a branch of machine learning, data is passed through algorithms … chromosomal sequences in mixed-genome samples) with a new tool called MetaGNN (Prashant Pandey of CRD). The …

… user samples. His R&D work focuses on the development of new applications utilizing a variety of technologies to improve the JGI’s capabilities in the areas of …

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

The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of the … are difficult to study in the lab. Metagenomics provides new views of these relationships.  Recently , researchers …

The JGI’s Community Science Program gives researchers access to all kinds of sequencing, ‘omics and bioinformatics capabilities — and … career stage, anywhere in the world, for free. We accept new projects related to energy and the environment several …

Kanwar spends part of his time assisting JGI users by processing their single … using our high throughput pipeline. He also explores new methods for creating sequencing libraries and optimizing …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The … to energy, are made up heavily of sphagnum mosses.  New research identifies sex chromosomes in the plant and …

Genome Institute in 2000 as the founding Associate Director for Computational Genomics, and led the computational … directed towards the sequencing, annotation, and analysis of three human chromosomes. After successful completion of … IBM Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY … Publications … 2018 Marthella Foskett Brown Chair, …

Scientists have developed a more nuanced library approach to tuning gene expression in metabolic pathways. Compared to … to expression, scientists can now opt for various shades of grey. The ability to fine-tune the level of gene … approach to fine-tune gene expression. They tested this new methodology in yeast ( Saccharomyces cerevisiae) to …

Congratulations to Tanja Woyke, who has been awarded the van Niel … for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in 1986, the van Niel Prize recognizes … Woyke as a pioneer in uncovering the hidden diversity of “microbial dark matter”–that uncultured and unknown majority …