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Kaze, part of the 2018 cohort of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program. Kaze is part of Mark Sistrom’s lab at … pressing problems. I’m very much looking forward to working with JGI and LBNL scientists and have access to unique lab … Production in California’s Canal System,” she will work with Susannah Tringe, JGI’s User Programs deputy and head of …
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Metagenome-assembled archaeal genomes provide new insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse … that methanogenesis is one of the oldest metabolisms, with the first traces possibly at ~3.5 Gy (billion years),” … or previously undescribed lineages, and the other five only distantly related to known methanogens. With the help of …
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Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat … in their hunt for anaerobic fungi. By growing extracts without oxygen in ruminant fluid — which smells terrible … into expected proteins. That work was done in collaboration with the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), …
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A group led by JGI scientists have made strides in improving and applying a method that allows researchers … be engineered. “Piloting access to this emerging technology with JGI users will enable us to assess CRAGE’s impact, … first used CRAGE to engineer domesticated bacterial strains with novel biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs). BGCs make …
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For the first time in several years, the DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted … for the JGI-UC Merced Internship Program was brimming with excitement and determination as they came onsite. From … to science communications, their schedules were filled with trainings that they later reported were incredibly …
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Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes … a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using proteins on … at the JGI, thinks that if you’re a virus or a microbe with a DGR, you gamble every time you mutate. But, perhaps, …
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… for JGI’s Secondary Metabolites group. His research interests lie in use and development of bioinformatics tools … at Warp Drive Bio, and as a bioinformatics HPC consultant with NERSC. Dr. Udwary co-hosts JGI’s "Natural Prodcast" … (1996) … List available on Google Scholar … Education … Publications …
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Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying … Mol. Microbiol. 87, 1223-1236. PubMed … Education … Publications …
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Dr. Louie joined the JGI in 2014 to develop the metabolomics program, … over 10k samples/year, Dr. Louie and her team work with other JGI scientists in development of new, advanced … DNA-SIP for helping identify active micro-organisms within complex communities, and custom software for … Sci Rep. 2013;3: 1656. … Education … Selected Publications …
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Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their … of Cell Identity as an R package … Education … Selected Publications … Software …
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Dr. Eloe-Fadrosh joined the JGI in 2014 to pursue her research interests in microbial ecology and metagenomics. Her current … Futures … Metagenome Science Program … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Service …
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… and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements … in situ functional activities of specific microbial groups within complex communities. The Microscale Applications … dissertation in life sciences 2006 … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …
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