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… in 2000 as the founding Associate Director for Computational Genomics, and led the computational efforts directed towards the sequencing, annotation, and analysis of three human chromosomes. After …

Three stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient cycles. Francis Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on communities of forest …

Phytozome workshop held during the June 2022 CROPS Conference at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Phytozome is the Plant Comparative Genomics portal of the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, and facilitates accurate and insightful comparative genomics …

Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a … scientific contribution they make, whether as part of a course or internship, and before ever publishing a research …

Congratulations to Jane Grimwood, who has been appointed the … Institute for Biotechnology! Loretta Spencer served as a manyterm mayor of Huntsville, Alabama and is known for her … directed by Richard Myers, and among the Center staff that moved to HudsonAlpha. At HudsonAlpha, she has continued …

Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that “taught” a computer how to classify 101 representative …

… stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between bacteria and fungi The Science Researchers have successfully … which limits the size and complexity of research studies that use SIP. Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National …

JGI's Simon Roux describes the structure and content of the IMG/VR v3 … how to leverage novel capabilities of IMG/VR to browse and search through the more than 2 million viral sequences …

Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately identify mobile genetic elements like … Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic entities that seek to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found …

… research as part of the Metagenome Program. His responsibilities include the development of novel computational … viruses to their host(s), collaboration with JGI users for analyzing viral datasets, and the organization of … with long standing virus-host interactions. The ISME Journal 15, 1569–1584. Nayfach et al., 2020. CheckV assesses …

Analysis reveals the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection … Dehalococcoides mccartyi and  Dehalobacter restrictus,  that work together to break down PCE into the chemical …

… fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga Plocamiomonas psychrophila can thrive in changing conditions. A recent study shows that when salinity is reduced in its environment, this alga …