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… uses advanced sequencing technologies to decode the genomes of microbes in their natural environments. This work … elements. Beyond exploring and characterizing microbial diversity, work in the Metagenome Program uses several … processes. This research provides insights into microbial diversity and metabolic potential, with implications for …
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… The purpose of this policy is to establish communication norms around … that the data produced by the facility result in scientific publications. JGI users and collaborators have the right to produce manuscripts for publication and the responsibility for leading the efforts …
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… and viruses. We develop computational approaches to sift through thousands of metagenomes for signatures of viruses and novel microbial … Our aim is to more fully capture microbial and viral diversity, leading to a better understanding of microbial … metagenomes, we gain insights into microbial interactions, evolution, and adaptation, ultimately informing strategies …
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… research is focused on the discovery and characterization of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and … viruses in environmental sequence data. We use multi-omics (metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, single cell genomics and … to identify new divergent lineages and expand the Tree of Life. We then investigate the coding potential to find …
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… Biology is currently experiencing a revolution brought on by rapid developments in genomics and other omics technologies. The exponential growth of DNA sequencing data, coupled with recent computational … and interpretation is creating new opportunities for breakthrough discoveries and catalyzing a major transition of …
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… faculty will work with undergraduates in the analysis and publication of the claimed genome sequences. This opportunity, provided … by the Joint Genome Institute, builds upon thousands of microbial genomes that have been sequenced by the JGI … A primary purpose of this project is to bring educators from a broad range of …
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… group aims at improving our collective understanding of ecological and evolutionary parameters driving virus:host dynamics in … and computational exploration of uncultivated viral diversity, characterization of molecular mechanisms involved … is still limited. One key challenge is to complement diversity surveys ( Who is there? ) with activity …
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… Research in the Woyke laboratory focuses on the utility of single-cell methods to access genetic material of uncultivated taxa of interest. One such effort is targeted at environmental … Phylogenetic diversity estimates show that the gap between cultivated and …
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… And I found her review in natural product reports on the evolution of genome mining and microbes with Mohammad … Usually, in a lot of cases, we still have to go through publications to get proteins, and their functions, and all … see. So it doesn’t seem to be a correlation between biodiversity in taxa and biodiversity in secondary metabolites. …
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… in Microbiome , researchers from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … the team concluded, “we provide a global analysis of the diversity, distribution, and evolution of virophages.” Lead author David Paez-Espino … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …
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