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… Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic reprogramming. The … from The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan studying how virus infections cause significant … metabolic changes they’ve undergone. The Impact The number of microbes in, on, and around the planet is an astronomical …

… A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is a boxful of lures. Designed … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… High-throughput stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between bacteria and fungi … The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial … with results published in the  November 2022 issue of Microbiome . High-throughput stable isotope probing (SIP) …

… well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these … sequence and then analyze the genomes and multi-omics datasets for algae that can be used for large-scale production … stresses, and its transcriptome to learn more about which genes expression patterns. The analysis led to the …

… Successful Community Science Program (CSP) Applications Webinar inviting researchers to submit white papers to the CSP  … and relevance to the DOE’s mission.  Have someone proofread your proposal to make sure the goals, experimental … the 500-gigabase cap and that you don’t request outside of the sample range that’s listed. Q: What are the pros and …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … and a specific microbial host to replicate. Sequencing genetic material directly from samples sidesteps these … 2016, Nikos Kyrpides at the JGI led a team that combed datasets from around the world, finding over 125,000 partial and …

… Congratulations to the proposers of the 19 proposals selected for the 2023 Community Science … Program call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … This year’s annual CSP call had five areas of emphasis: genes to function, plant and algal functional genomics, …

… The chromosome-scale genome sequence of trifoliate orange yields clues to disease-resistance that … 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, …

… Dr. Frederik Schulz joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016 and is leading the New Lineages of Life Group. His research is focussed on the discovery of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and … B.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Applied Sciences Mannheim (Germany) M.Sc. Molecular …

… New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single … mined more than 8,500 publicly available metagenome datasets generated from sampling sites around the world, including … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing … closely with staff to understand the data-intensive nature of JGI workloads. Dr. Fagnan was appointed CIO of the JGI in 2016, and in 2018 was hired to be the JGI’s … Kjiersten Fagnan is the JGI's Chief Informatics Officer. Click to learn more about how the JGI supports the …