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… On July 6, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and … participants in an online workshop to harness deep learning for metagenomic data.  Metagenomic data, or DNA sequencing … costly approaches such as BLAST and hidden Markov models (HMMs), “You just compute the distance between two …

… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are … sorting (FACS) to sort cells into several small pools before sequencing to recover rare microbes. The technique was … paper, uncovering giant virus sequences in soil for the first time. A second approach known as DNA stable …

… Back in 2011, JGI-supported researchers published a paper in the journal Science . It … genes. The data from that study is now used across California State University campuses for biotechnology education …

… After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural … products and their derivatives during her Ph.D. in Microbiology at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen (Germany), … was the symbiont community of a gutless oligochaete for which she deciphered function and host-symbiont …

… Dr. Blow joined the JGI in 2009, and currently heads the Genome Analysis group. In this role he supervises … Together, these teams provide analysis support and R&D for production and user science. He received his Ph.D. from … BS in Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry, Nottingham University, UK PhD in …

… A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements metagenomics … approaches including amplicon and metagenomic sequencing. For example, they showed that the composition of the … recent years, advances in sequencing technologies and bioinformatic tools have helped decode the genomes of tens of …

… Schulz joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016 and is leading the New Lineages of Life Group. His research is … discovery pipeline and enrichment metagenomics for terrestrial protists. These approaches enable novel … B.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Applied Sciences Mannheim (Germany) M.Sc. Molecular …

… For the first time, a team has comprehensively described host-virus dynamics in a … the predator-prey dynamics in these mats helps constrain models that estimate biogeochemical fluxes. Summary Previous … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …

… Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, …

… Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, after completing a petascale … focused on stable and accurate computational methods for reacting subsurface flows, and evolved into scalable … Kjiersten Fagnan is the JGI's Chief Informatics Officer. Click to learn …

… To set up flexible, repeatable experiments on plants and microbes, Trent Northen’s …

… The US Department of Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re the … trees in the Northern Hemisphere, making them tantalizing plants to harness for bioenergy. In this episode, hear from Oak Ridge National …