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… change with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria (phototrophs) in Antarctica’s Ace Lake defy the norm when it comes to nutrient cycling in polar regions. While microbial populations in other … 4031). The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, …

… Uncovering associations between plant roots and fungi that can help … analysis identified fungal gene families that help determine if these fungi act as friends or foes. The Impact … from natural Arabidopsis populations around Europe. The JGI sequenced and annotated 41 fungal isolates from the …

… The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) participants. One is a fungus (usually belonging to the ascomycetes, one of the two main branches of … nitrocellulose filters in Petri dishes. The scientists also sequenced the fungus and photobiont’s genomes and compared …

… a wildfire. The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi … builds on the pyrophilous fungi the JGI has previously sequenced , and provides a powerful snapshot of what soils …

… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship internship program between the DOE Joint Genome Institute …

… In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint Genome Institute with Dan Rokhsar, who … and the  oilseed crop false flax – genomes that have been sequenced by the JGI – and the common strawberry, which is …

… New Graduate Internship Program Builds Bridges Between DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science user …

… ActinoBase offers a public portal of insight into special groups of actinobacteria Streptomyces is more than just a funny word. The … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at … ActinoBase Data Portal …

… Gene expression in eukaryotes was long held to be monocistronic – that is, a single gene makes messenger RNA, which encodes a single protein. Gene expression in eukaryotes was long held … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… gas, regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called … Methanogenic microorganisms therefore play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their potential contributions to a sustainable …

… Dr. Roux joined the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the … development of novel computational tools to identify virus sequences, the design of new experimental approaches to link … B.S. in Microbiology, Université Blaise Pascal, France M.S. in …

… development of multicellular organisms. Not all bacterial lineages harnessed aerobic respiration when the Cyanobacteria did; contemporaries Melainabacteria and Sericytochromatia, members of the same clade … applied strategies other than photosynthesis to gain and harness energy. As reported January 28, 2019 in …