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JGI's Simon Roux describes the structure and content of the IMG/VR v3 database (img.jgi.doe.gov/vr), the latest release of IMG database dedicated to viral genomes assembled from metagenomes. He also demonstrates briefly how to …
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The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet … Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, Hokkaido, Japan. From samples of both environments, they used fluorescence … parasitic archaea. However, when Ca . Altiarchaeum harbored self-targeting CRISPR systems, metabolic modeling showed …
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New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant … contract DE-SC0018409 (University of Wisconsin and Michigan State University). The work (proposal: …
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… meeting brings together established and emerging scientists from academia, industry, and government organizations for three days of scientific presentation, interactive panel discussions, …
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The soybean is a crop that could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. So in 2010, the JGI helped … threatens this important crop. Hear more about that work from researchers Gary Stacey (University of Missouri), Peter van Esse (The Sainsbury Laboratory) and …
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Miscanthus will need some upgrades. In this episode, hear from scientists working on understanding Miscanthus biology …
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This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve covered the specialized software and supercomputers behind this …
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Registration has closed. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is offering a five-day workshop on Microbial Genomics and … data with existing bioinformatic methods to bridge the gap from sequence to biology. …
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Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great …
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… Each year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from potential users who need help translating genomic …
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Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to understand how the … next 3 episodes are the story behind that giant assembly from Lake Mendota. In this episode: the software evolution …
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… the DOE JGI hosted 10 interns who came from a wide range of backgrounds. Many of them spent the summer crunching … Participation (CAMP) students at UC Merced . CAMP is a statewide initiative funded by the National Science … hosted this summer were: Rida Ali, who worked with T.B.K. Reddy on the Genomes OnLine Database; Sarah Fruchart , who …
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