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In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … and a specific microbial host to replicate. Sequencing genetic material directly from samples sidesteps these … key aspect of viruses in the environment — their sheer genetic diversity. As pioneers of this field, the JGI has …

Program call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility … This year’s annual CSP call had five areas of emphasis: genes to function, plant and algal functional genomics, …

… to disease-resistance that could prove fruitful for saving Citrus from greening disease. You’ve probably never … orange. Otherwise known as  Poncirus trifoliata , it’s an evolutionary cousin of the  Citrus genus, which gives us … annotating and analyzing the genome in order to find the genetic traits responsible for  P. trifoliata ’s hardiness, …

New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric … gas, regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called methanogenesis. Methanogenic microorganisms therefore play a …

… diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s … more than 8,500 publicly available metagenome datasets generated from sampling sites around the world, including … expanded 10-fold from just 205 genomes, redefining the phylogenetic tree of giant viruses. Metabolic Reprogramming a …

Chloroplast mimic a platform to capture and utilize carbon in a synthetic fixation cycle. The Science Chloroplasts are … carbon captured from the atmosphere in a process that generates energy. The MPI team ultimately aims to develop an … Functional Genomics call, the JGI synthesized library of genes that code for Enoyl-CoA Carboxylase/Reductase (ECR) …

Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes … — cupids of the plant world facilitating the remixing of genes in the next generation of flowering vegetation. In … One other finding that interested the authors was that an evolutionary analysis of  Bifidobacterium strains in honey …

Sphagnome data would enable researchers’ insights on their potential carbon cycling impact.   The … as “an unparalleled model system for ecological and evolutionary genomics .” Understanding the nature and genetic basis of functional traits in sphagnum growth and …

Dr. Frederik Schulz joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016 and is leading … . Camargo A. et al. 2023. Identification of mobile genetic elements with geNomad. Nature Biotechnology . Schulz … academic achievements (2008) … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Service …

Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing … Opioid Epidemic: Determining the Epistatic and Pleiotropic Genetic Architectures for Chronic Pain and Opioid … … About the JGI Chief Informatics Officer … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …

… cultures reveal they are symbionts and not free-living organisms. The Science Researchers employed multiple … lifestyles found in the Antarctic lakes and offers a genetically-tractable model system that could help … images confirming the  Hrr. lacusprofundi  were directly transferring cytoplasmic content to Nanohaloarchaea. Using …

… diversity hotspots Over the past few decades, advancements in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of … biodiversity. Using publicly available genome sequence data generated over the past three decades, their study assesses … “While computationally derived MAGs have been a revolutionary tool for microbiology, it's a call to balance,” …