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… Visualizing a novel, candidate viral genome found in the deep subsurface … fresh organic carbon which can serve as a food source for other microbes into the environment. Summary In J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings,” the Hornburg fortress had withstood all attacks – until the Battle of …
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… An article summarizing the field of viral metagenomics, … Since early 2020, people all over the world have been forced to confront the awesome power that viruses have to affect nearly every aspect of our daily lives. But for researchers who study viruses that infect organisms much …
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… Highlighting the latest interactive version of the JGI’s plant data portal. On August 6, … of 250 plant genomes and has been under active development for over 5 years, provides users with the genome browsers, … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …
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… FY 2026 DOE Metrics Sequencing Quarter Total Bases (Trillions) Operating Hours Goal Actual Total* … 2,208 *Includes Illumina and PacBio sequencing platforms. **Operating Hours target is based on 98% of the total …
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… Kelly Wrighton and her group at Colorado State University in Fort Collins have a massive …
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… Microbial communities living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for bioenergy. The Science Hydrothermal vents are … This work was funded by the US-National Science Foundation grants … (Community Science Program award 339, lead Peter Girguis) for sequencing several of the samples. …
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… Research yields a comprehensive tree and soil dataset for understanding the … molecular features to large ecosystem-level processes for the first time. By collecting data from 27 different … This research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office … Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract …
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… As warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident … organisms called phytoplankton (from the Greek phyto for ‘plant’ and planktos for ‘wanderer’). But they vary across the global ocean. … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …
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… Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm microbial diversity is … unique makeup of microbe players and the functions they perform, artificially replicating a whole community is … each individual microbial species within a community. Therefore, the process hinges on referencing to existing genome …
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… Retracing how the dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new ecological habitat. The Science By comparing genetic information from similar organisms, researchers have gained … This research was supported by the University of Oslo and Norwegian … Research Council, the Swedish Agricultural Sciences and FORMAS, and the UK Natural Environment Research Council. The …
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… JGI researchers demonstrate how their laboratory and data science efforts support users, advance foundational science and enable …
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… Dr. Roux joined the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His … link viruses to their host(s), collaboration with JGI users for analyzing viral datasets, and the organization of … B.S. in Microbiology, Université Blaise Pascal, France M.S. in Data Analysis and Modeling for …
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