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… Our research is focused on the discovery and characterization of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and … learning to identify new divergent lineages and expand the Tree of Life. We then investigate the coding potential to … challenge our understanding of viral complexity and evolution Our research focuses on discovering and characterizing …

… The JGI’s Microbial Program focuses on using cutting-edge sequencing, annotation and analysis techniques to explore the vast and diverse world of microbes. Studying bacteria and archaea, including those … The Microbial Program focuses on using advanced sequencing …

… 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 … in 1985, which highlights our skewed understanding of microbial metabolism towards a minority of cultivated …

… 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 several … Program focuses on the high-throughput sequencing of microbial communities to uncover the complex interactions …

… Research in the Eloe-Fadrosh group focuses on using genome-resolved metagenomic approaches to identify … 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 …

… The Fungal & Algal Program explores the vast diversity of fungi and algae to unlock their potential for bioenergy, environmental sustainability, and bioproducts. By sequencing and … Program aims to streamline genome analysis workflows for microbial eukaryotes, build fungal and algal pangenomes, and …

… 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 … research.  These efforts include exploration of the global diversity of alternative genetic codes (Science 2014), …

… program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s unpublished microbial genomes, with the expectation that faculty will work with undergraduates in the analysis and publication of the claimed genome sequences.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 … up-to-speed with some of the latest developments in microbial genomics, metagenomics, and computational biology, …

… 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 … whereby they can modulate host metabolism, gene expression and phenotype. We have recently identified resident …

… about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. Hey everybody, this is Dan with episode … is that you could, therefore, expect a lot of chemical diversity. So many compounds will fulfill the same function. … of a particular part of the Streptomyces phylogenomic tree, then you will be in a position to say, this group of …

… Prodcast,” a podcast about the science and scientists of secondary metabolism.  DAN: Hey there, and welcome to the first … right. So I did a PhD in microbiology at MIT, and I studied microbial ecology. I studied Vibrio species in the ocean, so … But where taxol comes from is, from the bark of the yew tree, is where it was originally discovered. And so that …

… about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. Welcome back for our second season of … Yeah, bacteria sound like a good place, to me, to look for diversity because there are so many bacteria, because it is … of the IMG data portal , which is a larger portal for microbial genomics. IMG stands for Integrated Microbial …