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… Our research is focused on the discovery and characterization of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and … to identify new divergent lineages and expand the Tree of Life. We then investigate the coding potential to find novel … Exploring the fascinating world of giant viruses, which challenge our …

… 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 technologies …

… “Adopt a Genome” is an informal program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s unpublished microbial genomes, with the expectation that faculty will … work with undergraduates in the analysis and publication of the claimed genome sequences.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 …

… 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 … The research efforts of the group have concentrated in demonstrating …

… The Metagenome Program 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 … DNA in natural environments, the Program provides a snapshot of microbial diversity and their metabolic functional …

… Life as we know it wouldn’t exist without cyanobacteria; they … began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study how cyanobacteria are …

… 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 … Plant microbiomes hold the amazing ability to influence plant …

… Research in the Eloe-Fadrosh group focuses on using … develop computational approaches to sift through thousands of metagenomes for signatures of viruses and novel microbial lineages, and reconstruct metabolic properties … Our research focuses on the assembly of metagenomic sequence data …

… Research in the Woyke laboratory focuses on the utility of single-cell methods to access genetic material of … in 1985, which highlights our skewed understanding of microbial metabolism towards a minority of cultivated … Phylogenetic diversity estimates show that the gap between cultivated and uncultivated …

… DAN UDWARY: Hey everyone. Welcome back to Natural Prodcast. This continues the series of interviews we recorded at the Society for Industrial … time. DAN UDWARY: Yeah? ALISON NARAYAN: And the planet was hotter millions and billions of years ago. DAN UDWARY: Like, …

… For the first time, a team has comprehensively described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …

… Dan Udwary: Hey, Alison Takemura: Hey, Dan. Dan Udwary: Today … here today, and we wanted to talk to her about a whole list of things. So we have a Scripps background shared together, … and culture things under lab settings, we’re getting a snapshot in an artificial environment. And if we really want to …