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… to Tanja Woyke, who has been awarded the van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for … Woyke as a pioneer in uncovering the hidden diversity of “microbial dark matter”–that uncultured and unknown majority … American Academy of Microbiology (AAM). She has led JGI’s Microbial Genomics Program since 2009 and heads the Single …

… and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements of … that reveals in situ functional activities of specific microbial groups within complex communities.  The Microscale … Ph.D. in Marine Biology/Biochemistry, University of Delaware BA in …

… green growth appears on top of farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might be quietly improving the soil. Penn State researchers Mary Ann Bruns and Terry Bell are digging in to understand how. …

… Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … on interactions underlying plant adaptation in different environments. He’s been involved in several plant genome … her institution and Bioenergy Research Centers. Sogin is a microbial ecologist at UC Merced, where her group focuses on …

… those recognized by Clarivate Analytics as “true pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the … that led to the release of 52,515 publicly-available microbial draft genomes generated from environmental samples around the world. Much of the data had …

… Since 2019 Dr. Blaby heads the Biodesign Platform at the Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three groups focused on HTP DNA … Wales, Cardiff, Genetics Ph.D. – University of Cambridge., Microbial molecular biology Post-doctoral positions  – … thermophile from a mesophilic ancestor. Applied and environmental microbiology . 78: 1, 144-155. 2012 …

… JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the … to be able to divert it appropriately for the sake of our environment,” said Christine Naca, JGI’s SWELL Lead and part … of DOE missions related to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. The JGI provides …

… and met local wildlife (a marmot!) as they’ve sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. …

… have known that many datasets miss a key part of microbial genomes: the mobile genetic elements, or MGEs, that can move between organisms. But now, deep sequencing and new analysis methods are bringing this mobilome into light, and opening up new options …

… warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the … their base are microscopic, photosynthetic algae. But human-induced climate change , a new study suggests, is displacing … point to this fundamental observation of cold and warm microbial networks, and just how clear and stark the …