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… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a podcast about the … them?    NANCY:  Yeah, okay. Of course. Fungi have a larger genome. The genetics was slower to begin with. So … hear more science from her, check out her podcast, Genome Insider. She talks to lots of great scientists outside of …

… genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the genomes of algae? You now have one place where you can browse the genetic blueprints of these photosynthetic organisms. PhycoCosm is one of the largest … and enthusiasts to look deep into more than 100 algal genomes, compare them, and visualize supporting experimental …

… methods in the past decade, researchers have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial … cannot be cultivated under laboratory conditions, their genomes can’t be sequenced using traditional approaches. … team on predicting host-virus connections between all viruses in  IMG/VR (Virus) and the GEM catalog, associating …

Menaka Wilhelm, who is the host of JGI’s other podcast, Genome Insider . If you’re a Genome Insider listener, then you’ll recognize this …

Micro-Scale Applications head Rex Malmstrom and Metagenome Program head Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh outline more … host cells. In a separate article, research scientist Simon Roux, a member of Eloe-Fadrosh’s Environmental … While microbes regulate the planet’s biogeochemical cycles, viruses infecting microbes shape global ecological and …

… membrane. Two decades ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a “diversity generating … Research Council (DP150100244) and the Australian Antarctic Science program (project 4031). The work in the …

The mission of the Joint Genome Institute is to serve the scientific community as a … and readiness to begin work, checking such factors as genome size, polymorphism level, sample quality and …

… that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Viruses are everywhere — in soil, the sea and, of course, … and they’re probably influencing the microbes there,” said Simon Roux , the Viral Genomics Group Lead at the JGI.  To … Beginning in the early 2000s , these environmental metagenomes began to offer a window into viral existence. Along …