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… employed multiple microbiology and ‘omics techniques to experimentally determine that Nanohaloarchaeota are … interactions. Using metagenomes recovered directly from environmental samples and cultivated microbes, … lacusprofundi . To do this, water samples were collected from the Rauer 1 and Club lakes in East Antarctica and …

… user facilities—the  Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and the  DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)—have selected 11 proposals for support from 53 received through a joint research call. Submitted … alga is colloquially known by researchers. A missing gene from this mutant library leads to photosynthetic defects, …

… The 11th cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns pick highlights from their summer experiences. This year the U.S. Department … on their summer projects. Watch the short video here to see what they had to say about their experiences and what … “ Detecting Isotope Bonds in Proteins. ” Yu Lu : ”I really enjoyed meeting and getting to know many of the …

… High-throughput stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between bacteria … hold clues to processes like biodegradation, with potential applications in industry and biotechnology for the … effects of climate change. The team’s study used samples from the area immediately surrounding AMF’s long filaments, …

… Sale. All year, the JGI helps support finding solutions to clean energy and environmental challenges. And many … And so we’re looking at the overall greenhouse gas impacts from all of our operations,” said Brie Fulton, program … works at a single-cell level as part of the JGI MicroScale Applications team. But on a recent lunch break, she got to …

… of viruses in the same drop—the vast majority not harmful to humans could be even larger. Viruses infect bacteria, … and eukaryotes, and they range in particle and genome size from small, to large and even giant. The genomes of giant … datasets generated from sampling sites around the world, including data from several DOE-mission relevant …

… for growth yet essential for survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which … CRAGE allows for the transplanting of these BGCs from one organism into an alternate host via a landing pad … and their pathways could fuel further agricultural applications for pest control and understanding how the …

… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute … also one of the lead organizers of the Viral EcoGenomics & Applications (VEGA) Symposium , which will take place later … networking opportunities and fosters discussions on how to capture and characterize viral diversity, understand the …

… JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in sequences affect … “It’s a unique capability; no one else can do it in the world at this scale.” A bottleneck in the DAP-seq protocol, … The technology expresses the transcription factor proteins from a DNA template amplified directly from either genomic …

… month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chris Schadt of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and … programs and brings expertise in metagenomics and novel applications for long-read DNA sequencing. As a UEC member, … and help develop programs to increase participation from minority-serving institutions in JGI user programs. The …

… From left to right: [above] Emma Bell, Mallory Choudoir, Sneha Couvillion, Tobin Hammer, Christina Hazard, Rachel Mackelprang, Brook … for novel research projects — aligned with DOE missions and from PIs who have not led any previously-accepted proposals …

… By leveraging new tools and large-scale data mining, JGI researchers nearly … all fungi, and found that some of these genes have moved from the mitochondria into the nuclear genome over … understand complex biological systems for energy and other applications. All annotations, comparative tools, and …