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The JGI’s Microbial Program focuses on using cutting-edge sequencing, … cycling and inter-organismal interactions. These insights are crucial for addressing key environmental …

… to decode the genomes of microbes in their natural environments. This work encompasses bacteria, archaea, and … genetic elements. Beyond exploring and characterizing microbial diversity, work in the Metagenome Program uses … that govern ecosystem processes. This research provides insights into microbial diversity and metabolic potential, …

Research in the Woyke laboratory focuses on the utility of single-cell methods to access genetic … from candidate phyla, major branches in the phylogenetic tree without cultivated representatives. The “Great … means to begin filling this gap. A primary goal is to get  insights into the coding potential of candidate phyla  to …

… metabolites, genes, and proteins. It also enables exploration of energy and nutrient exchange, as well as microbial and plant responses to environmental changes. With … microbes, and understanding microbiome interactions. The  insights derived are crucial for advancing the bioeconomy, …

… associated organisms, including fungal and bacterial symbionts, detrimental microbial pathogens, and associated viruses that all … Sai Prahabkar (UC Merced Intern) … Plant / Bacteria / Viral Interactions … Single-cell characterization of …

… challenges by exploring plants’ role in capturing carbon, detoxifying soils, interacting with other organisms, and … biofuels by studying perennial grasses and fast-growing trees as renewable energy feedstocks. It also tackles … communities affect plant growth and productivity. These insights have the potential to inform strategies that …

JGI Mission As a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user … went on to advance basic science by sequencing scores of microbial species as well as several model organisms and … those found in less well-understood terrestrial, subsurface, and terrestrial-aquatic interface ecosystems. …

… program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s unpublished microbial genomes, with the expectation that faculty will work with undergraduates in the … and skills necessary to extract meaningful biological insights from sequence data, employing IMG data and tools …

The IMG group owns and maintains integral components of JGI’s production workflow, and is responsible for the annotation and … genomic data and serving them to users via the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system. Research …

Biology is currently experiencing a revolution brought on by rapid developments in genomics and other … Genes. Cell 178(5):1245-1259 Nayfach S, et al, (2019) New insights from uncultivated genomes of the global human gut … of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life.  Nature Biotechnology  35(7):676-683 Schulz …

Our research is focused on the discovery and characterization of novel bacterial, … learning to identify new divergent lineages and expand the Tree of Life. We then investigate the coding potential to … 255-255 Schulz et al. (2020) Giant virus diversity and host interactions through global metagenomics. Nature. 578 …

The Micro-Scale Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge … activity (BONCAT+FACS). To provide additional functional insights into microbial genomes, the JGI now uses laser …