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… research is focused on the discovery and characterization of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and … investigate the coding potential to find novel functions that may impact microbiome structure and biogeochemical cycles. Research Team    … Exploring the fascinating world of giant viruses, which challenge our understanding of viral …

… group aims at improving our collective understanding of ecological and evolutionary parameters driving virus:host dynamics in environmental microbial communities. This involves both experimental and computational exploration of uncultivated viral diversity, characterization of molecular mechanisms involved …

… develop computational approaches to sift through thousands of metagenomes for signatures of viruses and novel microbial lineages, and reconstruct metabolic properties … Our aim is to more fully capture microbial and viral diversity, leading to a better understanding of microbial …

… Research in the Woyke laboratory focuses on the utility of single-cell methods to access genetic material of … such effort is targeted at environmental cells that are from candidate phyla, major branches in the … in 1985, which highlights our skewed understanding of microbial metabolism towards a minority of cultivated …

… Plants are complex organisms that harbor a fantastic diversity of cell types and associated organisms, including fungal and bacterial symbionts, detrimental microbial pathogens, and associated viruses that all … fungi, viruses. Resident viruses can be found in a myriad of bacterial strains, whereby they can modulate host …

… The purpose of this policy is to establish communication norms around JGI contributions, ensure that all contributors to a research project are … that the data produced by the facility result in scientific publications. JGI users and collaborators have the right to …

… The JGI’s Microbial Program focuses on using cutting-edge sequencing, … analysis techniques to explore the vast and diverse world of microbes. Studying bacteria and archaea, including those … large-scale genomic data to advance microbial research that drives sustainable solutions in energy, agriculture and …

… program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s unpublished microbial genomes, with the expectation that faculty will work with undergraduates in the analysis and publication of the claimed genome sequences. This opportunity, provided … A primary purpose of this project is to bring educators from a broad range of …

… Micro-Scale Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge … approaches.  Our group also seeks out new approaches that utilize microfluidics/microdroplet technology in order … The JGI uniquely offers the first quantitative Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) …

… uses advanced sequencing technologies to decode the genomes of microbes in their natural environments. This work … genetic elements. Beyond exploring and characterizing microbial diversity, work in the Metagenome Program uses several … environments, the Program provides a snapshot of microbial diversity and their metabolic functional potential. This …

… Our lab is using mass spectrometry based metabolite profiling to provide direct biochemical datasets to improve our understanding of microbial metabolism. Of particular interest is …

… Software engineers in the Synthetic Biology Informatics Group develop, deploy, and maintain software that support the JGI’s Synthetic Biology Program .  …