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… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … Rokhsar, head of the JGI’s Computational Biology Program, along with JGI Computational Scientist Simon Prochnik, Arthur … sequences have been cited in almost one-fourth (23.8%) of publications focused on that specific algae. The reference …

… days wrangling viral genomes and occasionally remembering to document his code. At JGI, he develops tools for viral discovery and analysis, with a particular … viruses – though he'll take a look at anything related to microbial parasites. When not debugging pipelines, he can be …

A quick snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers … behind software that finds plasmids and viruses within microbial genomes. As mobile genetic elements like viruses … DNA, they can affect how microbes cycle nutrients and adapt to climate change. …

Proposals aim to sequence and annotate genomes from Antarctica to Africa … Their presence reduces the need to add fertilizers to the soil. diCenzo’s proposal is also notable as he had an … he said. “Although in my specific case the projects are different for the two proposals, I can see the New …

… bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey bees are … But scientists have wondered exactly how the microbial community carries out its helpful metabolism: … — the pectin and hemicellulose — are digested further along: first, the pectin, mainly by  Gilliamella ; then the …

April marks both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science … Tringe , JGI’s User Programs deputy and head of the Microbial Systems group through the  DOE Office of Science …

Congratulations to Tanja Woyke, who has been awarded the van Niel … for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in … Woyke as a pioneer in uncovering the hidden diversity of “microbial dark matter”–that uncultured and unknown majority …

Register here The workshop is addressed to students and professionals of biology, biomedical … fields who are interested in learning and sharing concepts, tools and research results in genomics, metagenomics and the … will be devoted to training in the use of the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system, presented by …

… and met local wildlife (a marmot!) as they’ve sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. These lakes are isolated, but varied. They’re a great way to see how climate change affects freshwater ecosystems, and …

The JGI welcomes three new members to their User Executive Committee (UEC) – Jack Gilbert, … had their own reasons for wishing to serve on the UEC. For microbial ecologist Gilbert at the University of California … eligible for election to the UEC. Members serve three-year terms and can serve no more than two consecutive terms. The …

The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The … the evolutionary and functional relationships among the different algae. Scientists can use PhycoCosm’s genome … tools created by JGI researchers, including the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system for …

The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The … the evolutionary and functional relationships among the different algae. Scientists can use PhycoCosm’s genome … tools created by JGI researchers, including the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system for …