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… scientists are now getting more complete genomic results from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of … Summary The two most common methods for collecting genomes from microorganisms are shotgun (group) metagenomic … than its single-cell counterpart. In this approach, DNA from all the different species is mixed together and …

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 Grigoriev from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome …

… of  microbes govern ecosystems. These organisms carry out important environmental processes like  carbon fixation … took on: generating virus-host predictions via multiple routes, then considering different suggested matches. The … iPHoP program creates a way of evaluating these different routes. To train the model, the team used 1,870 known …

… fellow interns and scientists alike. Want to learn more about their experience? Watch the short video below. Video … working on creating transgenic plants with CRISPR Cas9 knockout mutants to observe and investigate how transporter … through climate change. Ti’Yanna Watson: The best part about interning here is the community aspect. Everyone here …

From left to right: [above] Emma Bell, Mallory Choudoir, … for novel research projects — aligned with DOE missions and from PIs who have not led any previously-accepted proposals …

… proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from reseachers who translate genomic information into … advancing the bioeconomy.  This year’s project goals range from improving crop productivity for bioenergy through …

… maturation. Recently reported in  Microbiome , researchers from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … classified into 27 distinct clades (17 of them without previously known representatives). Of these, 89 contigs … has extended the possible virophage genome size range from 13.8-29.3 kilobases (Kb) to 10.9-42.3 Kb. Additionally, …

… gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea breaking down … still producing things like meat, milk, and wool. Hear more from JGI collaborators Sinead Leahy (New Zealand …

… genomic information using minute quantities of DNA derived from individual environmental cells. The proof of principle … team reported the first closed and finished genome derived from an uncultured bacterial single cell – a symbiont of the green sharpshooter. In 2012, single cells isolated from the microbes found in the oil plume from Deepwater …

… in science and research, two undergraduate students from UC Merced recently had summer internships in Walnut … and Bryan were among 5 UC Merced CAMP students who earned outstanding research awards. From the 99 students who attended, representing 9 UC …

Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great …

… genome sequence of a mycorrhizal fungus shifted the focus from looking at single organisms to applying a broader … on the main impact of ectomycorrhizal fungi, excerpted from his talk at the 2015 JGI Annual Meeting:   Francis Martin on how JGI has changed mycology, excerpted from his talk at the 2015 JGI Annual Meeting:         … …