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On July 8, JGI’s DNA Synthesis Science group held a  JGI … A:  When a proposal is submitted to the JGI, JGI scientists will go over the whole proposal for the technical … the researchers will receive a FedEx package with the sequenced, quality controlled population representing the …

… in China and involving Francis Martin from the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) in France and Igor … system which allows the black morel to complete its lifecycle in an artificial environment. It is particularly … M. importuna CCBAS932 from the forests of France, were sequenced and annotated by a collaborative team. The genome …

… clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) … nitrocellulose filters in Petri dishes. The scientists also sequenced the fungus and photobiont’s genomes and compared … them to close relatives who don’t engage in the lichen lifestyle. The team’s results appear in  BMC Genomics . To …

… regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called … therefore play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their … of a microbial community out in its natural environment, scientists have shown at least two microorganisms from …

… such as mosses could be uniquely powerful in helping scientists link plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — had an unexpected …

Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor … authors think this might have to do with the differences in lifestyle: honey bees need ample sugar to make honey that …

Jan. 7: New Capabilities to Study Secondary Metabolism   Although there are still a large number … expressing a given BGC in various hosts, availability of sequenced genomes, and computing resources needed to predict BGCs from available genome sequences. The DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE …

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

DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Virophages are small viruses with … increased the number of known high quality virophage genome sequences 10-fold through computational approaches. By … they were able to identify 44,221 total virophage partial sequences, including over 28,000 unique MCP sequences.  …

… enabled by the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes do, how they work, and applying them to environmental and energy challenges. But not all scientists have the expertise and resources to do DNA design …

… and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found … MGEs based upon their gene content and their genetic sequences. The software was created by researchers under the … genomics of MGEs and their evolution at the cellular level, scientists can better understand ecosystem-wide processes. …

Journal publication caps JGI pilot project with fledgling Florida high school scientists. The Florida Everglades evokes images of fanboats … in the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, a 226-square mile area of the northern …