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… are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Virophages … and minor capsid proteins (MCP and mCP, respectively), ATPase involved in DNA packaging, and PRO, a cysteine protease … available metagenomic datasets in JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data suite—which …

Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user … proposals have been accepted from 70 full submissions based on 92 letters of intent. Additionally, 40 percent of … initiatives in bioenergy crop improvement and terrestrial carbon transformations.” The JGI’s large-scale call included …

In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI … before sequencing to recover rare microbes. The technique was applied to a recent Nature Communications paper, … sequence reads to link mobile elements such as plasmids to microbial host cells. In a separate article, research …

With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete genomic results from single cells. The … the microbiome of the earth, but most species do not grow easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  … a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy …

Through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo Kaze, Akshay … JGI Mentors : Ben Cole & Axel Visel, Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions “The summer internship has further confirmed by desire to pursue a STEM career, …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great … from environmental samples — to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. These genes were identified based on their …

Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes … services, bees eat plant nectar and pollen. Nectar is an easily absorbable solution of sugars. But pollen contains … But scientists have wondered exactly how the microbial community carries out its helpful metabolism: …

Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and other institutions shared their works-in-progress with 86 … samples rather than single cells or isolated strains, is easy to generate, but difficult to assemble and interpret. … Lab’s Biological Systems and Engineering), to assign microbial taxa (Andrew Tritt of CRD and, independently, Ying …

… and accurately identify mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements … forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool  … in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive microbial processes and evolution. This is because MGEs can …

… of the University of California, Santa Barbara. They join eight other JGI users already serving on the UEC – go … and thrust lead on PNNL’s Soil Microbiome SFA. She serves as Secretary within the Microbial Ecology Section of the Ecological Society of …

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 USDA for 12 years … Visiting Fellowship Australia … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Service …

On July 30, UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted to the end of a nine-week virtual internship. The celebration was preceded by short final presentations attended by more than 75 JGI …