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… Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address wide-ranging … Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley. Dr. Pennacchio received his Ph.D in 1998 from the Department of Genetics at Stanford University where …

… and validating an integrated approach to genome recovery from metagenomes. The Science Through the JGI’s Emerging Technologies … been utilizing metagenomics as a way to study a collection of hard-to-culture microbes, but the efficacy of this … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute is supported by the Office …

… microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different … But SAR324 can be found throughout the water column, from the warm, well-lit surface, to the blue-lit twilight … their gene expression, the team then sequenced community genomes and expressed gene transcripts (metagenomes, …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and … genomic tools, allows Miscanthus to both inform and benefit from breeding programs of related candidate bioenergy … Understanding the evolution of polyploidy, and how genomes respond to extra chromosome and gene copies, will …

… genome science capabilities to support BER's mission of achieving a predictive understanding of complex biological, earth, and environmental systems for energy and infrastructure … Metabolites, and DNA Synthesis Science Programs and draw from the infrastructure of Genomic Technologies and Data …

… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … metabolites for multiple applications. Despite advances in sequencing technologies and computational methods in the past decade, researchers have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial …

… single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding of giant viruses. The Science In the last thirty years, in … Nucleocytoviricota , these giant viruses boast larger genomes than many bacteria. Until recently, understanding of … to provide a perspective on giant virus diversity, and how sequencing and bioinformatics have sped up the study of …

… Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a dataset of microbial genomes sampled from rivers covering 90% of the watersheds … over 1,000 metagenomes and established standardized sequencing protocols so that researchers could compare …

… In late June, Kathleen Lail, a member of JGI’s Sample Management Group, attended a conference in … DNeasy PowerSoil Kits and sent the samples to the JGI for sequencing.  While JGI processed, sequenced, and analyzed … and organic carbon concentration. From Field Studies to Publication Together as a class, the students learned about …

… Outreach at JGI takes many forms: We offer internship opportunities through working directly with … Overall, our aim is to inspire students and established professionals to explore opportunities in STEM by providing … of the JGI’s role in enabling complex biological and environmental systems research.  …

… Leveraging decades of technological development, dozens of reference genomes … at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology Genome Sequencing Center and a member of the JGI Plant Program. … Development (USAID) also supported the work.   Publication:  Morris, G.P., Harder, A.M., Healey, A.L.  et …