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A molecular survey of Australian and North American termite genera indicates that vertical inheritance is the primary force shaping termite gut microbiomes
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Characterization of the Clostridium thermocellum AdhE, NfnAB, ferredoxin and Pfor proteins for their ability to support high titer ethanol production in Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum
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The INSIG2 rs7566605 genetic variant does not play a major role in obesity in a sample of 24,722 individuals from four cohorts
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Dealing with Drought: Uncovering Sorghum’s Secrets
Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The … by a growing human population and increasing demand for agricultural products.  Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is … conventional food crops. For that reason, its genome was sequenced by the JGI in 2009 and it is considered to be …
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Cold adaptive traits revealed by comparative genomic analysis of the eurypsychrophile Rhodococcus sp. JG3 isolated from high elevation McMurdo Dry Valley permafrost, Antarctica
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UC Merced Interns Reflect on Their JGI Summer Projects
Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced … language processing techniques to categorize genetic information. Learn more about their work here in a series of … virtual events and technology enabled a fruitful experience for mentors and students alike. Tools like Slack, Google …
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A Revamped Amplification Method that Enables Nearly Complete Single-Cell Genomes
… from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but most … Amplification to generate enough DNA to put on a sequencer. As previously mentioned, it’s a method that’s …
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Integrating Experimentation with Data
… and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) for “Empowering Automated Laboratories: Integrating … insightful presentations, dynamic panel discussions, informative poster sessions, thought-provoking flash talks, … to stay informed … The JGI and EMSL are U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national scientific user …
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2022 Progress Report
Pictured is a timelapse of the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is … Area are also co-located in the IGB. Vision The vision of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office …
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Making a Lichen Together
For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a … genomes and transcriptomes could help inform efforts at bioengineering symbiotic microbial consortia for bioenergy … nitrocellulose filters in Petri dishes. The scientists also sequenced the fungus and photobiont’s genomes and compared …
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Giant Bacteria Found in Guadeloupe Mangroves Challenge Traditional Concepts
… the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Laboratory for Research in Complex Systems (LRC) in Menlo Park, Calif. … the bacterial cells on the molecular level. They amplified, sequenced and assembled the genomes. In parallel, Gros’ lab …
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10 From JGI on the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers List
Clarivate Analytics, formerly the IP & Science arm of Thomson Reuters, has released their 2019 list of Highly … Nature Genetics, the work is part of a long-term project to sequence, annotate and analyze the genomes of more than 300 …
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