Content Tagged "2022-progress-sci-highlight"

April 28, 2021

Gut Fungi: Unexpected Source of Novel Chemicals

Combing through the genomes of four anaerobic fungal species has revealed, for the first time, that this group is unexpectedly powerful: they can whip up dozens of complex natural products, including new ones. [Read More]

February 22, 2021

Green Algae Reveal One mRNA Encodes Many Proteins

A team of researchers reports unexpectedly finding multiple genes transcribed on a single molecule of mRNA in two algal species. [Read More]

February 8, 2021

An Age of CRAGE: Advances in Rapidly Engineering Non-model Bacteria

A group led by JGI scientists have made strides in improving and applying a method that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. [Read More]

December 21, 2020

An Automated Tool for Assessing Virus Data Quality

The CheckV tool helps researchers to assess the completeness of virus genome sequences and complements a community effort to develop guidelines and best practices for defining virus data quality. [Read More]

December 21, 2020

A One-Stop Shop for Analyzing Algal Genomes

By bringing together publicly available algal genomes into one place, PhycoCosm allows users to easily compile data that answers what genes are present in which organisms, when are they expressed, and what they do. [Read More]