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… Congratulations to the JGI’s Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Woyke has led JGI’s Microbial Genomics Program since 2009 and heads the Single … more than 2,000 genomes of large and giant viruses belonging to the nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV) …

… yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae , allowing this species to grow better than its closest relative S. paradoxus at … researchers to compare across very distant species that no longer mate to produce progeny. The ability to pinpoint … are more than 1,000 species of yeasts and they vary in terms of genetics, metabolism and biochemistry. Their …

… complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die … and because anaerobic fungi can’t harness it, scientists long held that these fungi don’t have the energy to make … and a gift from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to MAO. A portion of this research was performed under the …

… and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science … those pores, water is moved into the atmosphere basically along its concentration gradient. So, the movement of water … can up-regulate that CAM. There are all sorts of other intermediate phenotypes where plants are using a little bit of …

… Matt is broadly interested in the interactions between microbial life and environment, and using metagenomics to study these complex natural systems. Microbial communities living in hard-to-reach places that …

… in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the production sequencing labs in Building 100 … united the genomics expertise of three national labs in one long building at Walnut Creek, after countless generations …

… employed multiple microbiology and ‘omics techniques to experimentally determine that Nanohaloarchaeota are … cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and microbial communities that contribute to carbon cycling, and … relationships. Summary Symbiotic relationships are long-term biological interactions between one or more …

… further demystify biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those molecules not … for growth yet essential for survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which … it with CRISPR.  By employing CRAGE, researchers are no longer limited to using model host microbes; theoretically, …

… Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics program. Prior to this, he served as a Research Molecular Biologist at the … as an experimental model for the grasses. In addition to this fundamental work, he established an efficient … distachyon is a small annual grass that is well suited to experimental manipulation in the laboratory because of …

… Sequence-based studies — from metagenomics to single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding … then co-culturing isolated viruses in eukaryotic  microbial hosts. Lately, researchers have used … in infectious cycles, as well, with viruses relying on different strategies for initiation, replication and exit of …

… joined the JGI in 2000 as the founding Associate Director for Computational Genomics, and led the computational efforts directed towards the sequencing, annotation, and analysis of three … Genome Project, Professor Dr. Rokhsar ’s team has continued to develop computational methods applicable to the diverse …