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Since 2019 Dr. Blaby heads the DNA synthesis platform at the Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three … Award for Research Excellence … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …

In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI … sorting (FACS) to sort cells into several small pools before sequencing to recover rare microbes. The technique was … specific metabolic processes. A third approach steps away from reconstructing genomes directly from the environment …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … challenges, characterizing viruses is a key step. For decades, though, many viruses have been somewhat … host to replicate. Sequencing genetic material directly from samples sidesteps these challenges, since it doesn’t …

Congratulations to the JGI’s Tanja Woyke , who has been elected … is among the 68 new Fellows in the Class of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The selection process for AAM Fellows is based on their records of scientific …

Matt is broadly interested in the interactions between microbial life … Matt also supports various CSP and FICUS user projects for the Metagenome Program. …

This year the AGU Fall Meeting, with the theme “Science is … hosts sessions in New Orleans and online. Register for the meeting here. Here are some sessions of interest … context for thousands of newly sampled microbial genomes from North American watersheds (Invited)” 4pm CST Convention …

April marks both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April … living on a changing planet. Mo Kaze is a University of California (UC), Merced graduate student working with  Susannah … (Try it yourself  here .) She translated her abstract from a 2019 conference. Both versions appear side-by-side …

Machine learning approach significantly expands inovirus … answer the question, “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of distinguishing features. Several characters … now overhauls our perception of this virus group – from minor curiosities they become a prominent component of …

June 24-28: Module 2/Microbial Genomics & Metagenomics Workshop The workshop is addressed to students and … and seminars as well as practical hands-on sessions in bioinformatics and biostatistics. …