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… who have not led any previously accepted proposals.  The New Investigator call , part of our  Community Science … and environmental DNA sequencing to explore microbial and plant interactions across unique ecosystems, …

… at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) uncovered a broad diversity of large and giant viruses that … noted study senior author  Tanja Woyke , who heads JGI’s  Microbial Program . The team mined more than 8,500 publicly … environmental conditions. Function prediction on the 2,000 new giant virus genomes led the team to uncover a prevalence …

… joined the JGI in 2014 to pursue her research interests in microbial ecology and metagenomics. Her current research … of Maryland School of Medicine and her graduate work in microbial oceanography at Scripps Institution of … EA, et al. 2016. Global metagenomic survey reveals a new bacterial candidate phylum in geothermal springs. Nature …

… Metagenomic datasets could help map out microbial diversity hotspots Over the past few decades, … technologies have led to an abundance of microbial genomes becoming available to the global research … Seshadri said. “It’s a reminder of the urgency to cultivate new microbial species.” Targeted Explorations for …

… fungi, researchers struggle to identify and classify new species from environmental samples. Meanwhile, even … for the next generation of scientists. Initiatives like our 1000 Fungal Genomes Project established crucial phylogenetic … studying species in isolation. The comparative power has uncovered remarkable evolutionary stories: how ancient yeast …

… from plants, fungi, algae, non-medical microbes, microbial communities, and other relevant organisms. We … access to large-scale datasets and analysis tools for genomes, metagenomes, and metabolomics through its data portals. … went on to advance basic science by sequencing scores of microbial species as well as several model organisms and …

… A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of … Now, a recent study published in Microbiome has uncovered that SAR324 encompasses four subgroups, adapted to … their gene expression, the team then sequenced community genomes and expressed gene transcripts (metagenomes, …

… The JGI welcomes three new members to their User Executive Committee (UEC) – Jack … had their own reasons for wishing to serve on the UEC. For microbial ecologist Gilbert at the University of California … data. She is also interested in reaching and engaging with new international collaborators and other scientific …

… decades of technological development, dozens of reference genomes and thousands of resequenced sorghum varieties, a … genetic variation more closely with gene function and find new ways to implement traits of interest in crops. … researchers and breeders to more quickly adapt plants for new end uses and conditions.  The JGI’s sequencing produced …

… JGI capabilities, and also requires a Letter of Intent. The New Investigator call is for PIs who have never led a JGI … genomic information into biological function. The  New Investigator and Functional Genomics calls do not …

… and Publication .   Except for applicants to the CSP New Investigator call, investigators may have existing … range from raw sequence data to well-annotated assembled genomes to synthesized DNA constructs to metabolomics data, …