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… Dr. Kyrpides joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2004 to lead the … the development of the comparative analysis platforms for microbial genomes and metagenomes (IMG). He became the Metagenomics Program head in 2010 and has the combined Microbial Genomes and Metagenomes Program since 2011. Prior …

… to unlock their potential for bioenergy, environmental sustainability, and bioproducts. By sequencing and analyzing the genomes of these organisms, the program investigates … Program aims to streamline genome analysis workflows for microbial eukaryotes, build fungal and algal pangenomes, and …

… Metagenomic datasets could help map out microbial diversity hotspots Over the past few decades, advancements in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of … sequence data generated over the past three decades, their study assesses what fraction of the microbial diversity we …

… it wouldn’t exist without cyanobacteria; they began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, communally, in microbial mats. Along the way, they’ve encountered …

…   The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is a national user facility located at … The JGI consists of 225 researchers and support staff in the Integrative Genomics Building in Berkeley, … from plants, fungi, algae, non-medical microbes, microbial communities, and other relevant organisms. We …

… Facility, the JGI serves more than 2,500 users that predominately come from the public sector: academic and government institutions — with capabilities that had remained largely unknown and underutilized by industry. When … User Programs entail a competitive, proposal-based process including peer review. The process is streamlined, with …

… The Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) initiative was … only simplifies and streamlines this process, but enables scientists to conduct fundamental science experiments in … review by JGI staff as well as staff at the other participating facilities, who consider technical feasibility and …

… Our lab is using mass spectrometry based metabolite profiling to provide direct biochemical datasets to improve our understanding of microbial metabolism. Of particular interest is …