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… in  Microbiome , researchers from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … available metagenomic datasets in JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data suite—which … human (for the first time) gut and taxonomically classified into 27 distinct clades (17 of them without previously known …

… Biotechnology! Loretta Spencer served as a manyterm mayor of Huntsville, Alabama and is known for her contributions to … large-scale multi-institutional JGI projects and resulting publications that Grimwood contributed to include: A 2021 … As well as the seminal Human Genome Project DOE Chromosome publications: The DNA sequence and biology of human …

… Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More … own food and generate oxygen as a byproduct. The abundance of oxygen shaped the evolution of life on Earth, and led to … researchers from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Microbial Genome Program head Tanja Woyke of the U.S. …

… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among … fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) to sort cells into several small pools before sequencing to recover rare … sequence reads to link mobile elements such as plasmids to microbial host cells. In a separate article, research …

… Highlighting the latest interactive version of the JGI’s plant data portal. On August 6, 2021,  version 12 of Phytozome will be retired, and  version 13 will become the current, and only, version of Phytozome accessible as an interactive website. Since May …

… Summer 2025 marked the second year of Alabama A&M University students coming to the DOE Joint … experience funded by a DOE training grant.  Building off the previous year’s project, undergraduate interns … the Plant Functional Genomics Group to study the effects of  Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex … But scientists have wondered exactly how the microbial community carries out its helpful metabolism: … It’s like giving everyone a fork — all strains can potentially dig in, even if they were too lazy to produce …

… host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with … determine if these fungi act as friends or foes. The Impact Microbial communities comprised of fungi and bacteria can … roots are akin to the ground floor lobby. People walking into the lobby have many reasons for being there, but …

… three new members earlier this month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chris Schadt of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Elizabeth “Lizzy” … Soil Microbiome SFA. She serves as Secretary within the Microbial Ecology Section of the Ecological Society of …

… The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet … mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of the chemicals they need to survive. To fill in their … these complex symbioses between organisms feeds into a better understanding of nutrient cycling across the …

… Programs, he focuses on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives at the JGI. Dr. Visel received his … methods for elucidating the gene regulatory landscape of vertebrate genomes, which led to the discovery of thousands of genetic switches implicated in developmental …

… National Laboratory where he focused on functional genomics of phototrophs. Through this and post-doctoral positions at University of Florida and UCLA he has worked with a wide range of eukaryotic algae, archaea and bacteria with a view to … B.Sc. (HONS) – University of Wales, Cardiff, Genetics Ph.D. – University of …