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The ocean depths are vast and dark. But there are hotspots on the ocean floor — underwater volcanoes and hydrothermal vents — where lively microbial communities thrive, and even support entire … and understanding how they’ve adapted to this extreme environment.   …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At … With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of … opens the possibility of using phages to engineer microbial communities. One day, these phages could boost …

Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three groups focused on HTP DNA design and assembly, strain engineering and … National Laboratory where he focused on functional genomics of phototrophs. Through this and post-doctoral positions at … Wales, Cardiff, Genetics Ph.D. – University of Cambridge., Microbial molecular biology Post-doctoral positions  – …

… projects. Through the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national user … Nevada mountain range since 2014 to learn more about the microbial responses and feedbacks to warming through the …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … on a group of plants called yuccas. If you know Joshua Tree, that’s an example of a yucca species. And the cool …

Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny … the JGI Algal Program, which explores genomics of algal diversity and biology to support basic science as well as …

… further demystify biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those molecules not essential for growth … survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and …

Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a scientific …

Pictured is a timelapse of the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is … from the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase), the National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC), and Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area are also co-located in the IGB. Vision The vision of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …

Three stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient cycles. Francis Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on communities of forest floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into …

A collaborative team led by Hao Tan from the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China and involving Francis Martin from the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) in France and Igor … the nutritional association between mycorrhizal fungi and tree roots as well. This might be one of the key …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … JGI-supported project studying the world’s rivers and their microbial communities. He’s focusing on the Arkansas River …