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… land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), scientists sequenced the genomes of four  Zygnematophyceae algae, which … plant resilience and productivity. The algal genomes sequences are available on the JGI’s  PhycoCosm portal. … …

A group led by JGI scientists have made strides in improving and applying a method that allows researchers to quickly … domesticate some 60 strains, inserting into them a genetic sequence that acts as a “landing pad.” Mouncey adds, “Once …

… tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth outnumber the stars in the Milky Way, viruses outnumber the microbes by at least … collection of UViGs by identifying contiguous viral sequences (“contigs”) from thousands of ecologically diverse …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth … Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant … stressors, um, alter microbial biomass and then what the consequences are for the ecosystem. ALISON:  So, Ed is trying …

After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products and their derivatives during her Ph.D. in Microbiology at the Eberhard Karls … Nature Protocols, Nature Reviews Genetics, ISME J, Nucleic Acids Research, DOE Small Business Innovation Research …

With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete genomic results from single cells. The … Amplification to generate enough DNA to put on a sequencer. As previously mentioned, it’s a method that’s … assembly. So while researchers are confident all the DNA sequences came from one cell, including components like …

Metagenome-assembled archaeal genomes provide new insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 … In the March 4, 2019, issue of Nature Microbiology , they mined the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) …

Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature paper , … program at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The JGI sequenced over 1,000 metagenomes and established …

… (a marmot!) as they’ve sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. These lakes are …

In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at … and the  oilseed crop false flax – genomes that have been sequenced by the JGI – and the common strawberry, which is … clearly identifies the four subgenomes based on non-genic sequences.”  In his words, the history of the strawberry is …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are … kinds of ecosystems. However, matching these viral genetic sequences to their hosts is crucial to understanding what … of data points.  Applied to 216,015 high-quality virus sequences in the IMG/VR database, the iPHoP program …

… human-centered, agile collaboration between the JGI and the information technology company Truss has resulted in the JGI Data Portal , a pilot download experience … JGI/Truss team has talked to dozens of researchers to determine what they need and expect from JGI tools. “We’re …