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… to their User Executive Committee (UEC) – Jack Gilbert, Ashley Shade, and Jason Stajich! They join six other JGI users already serving on the UEC – go here … had their own reasons for wishing to serve on the UEC. For microbial ecologist Gilbert at the University of California …

… 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 …

… Congratulations to Jane Grimwood, who has been appointed the Loretta Purdy Spencer Chair in … large-scale multi-institutional JGI projects and resulting publications that Grimwood contributed to include: A 2021 …

… In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never published in the literature. These students analyze the genomes, write … two students, Angela and Mark Soghomonian share what it was like to take on one of these genomes.  …

… ActinoBase offers a public portal of insight into special groups of … and the focus of a  recent paper published in  Microbial Genomics .   “Studying actinomyces, especially … its Secondary Metabolites research group . That group, led by JGI Director Nigel Mouncey, has launched its  Secondary …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced worked closely with … develop presentation skills as well as build their network in the field of genomics and scientific research. The topics … more about their work here in a series of videos produced by JGI Communications & Outreach intern Ashleigh Papp. The …

… 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 …

… 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 …