Genome Insider
51 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago -Stories where genes and genomes are key to solving energy and environmental challenges. Hear diverse voices in science talk about their JGI-supported research to better understand — and harness — the superpowers encoded in plants, fungi, microalgae, environmental viruses, and bacteria to contribute to a more sustainable world.
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The Megadata of Lake Mendota - Part 3: Boating Out to David Buoy
December 21, 2023 12:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBThis is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve covered the specialized software and supercomputers behind this project. But every part of this project depends on lakewater samples — so this episode is a look at how researchers get these specialized snapshots of a freshwater ecosystem. Links from this episode: Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI Episode Transcript The Megadata of Lak...
The Megadata of Lake Mendota - Part 2: Souped Up Computing
December 07, 2023 12:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBThis series is the story of a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In this episode: a look at the supercomputing that stitches together large datasets with the assembler program MetaHipMer2. Oak Ridge National Lab is home to two supercomputers — Summit and Frontier — that process terabytes of data with MetaHipMer2. And the National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) has another supercomputer, Perlmutter that works at large scale. But nearby the JGI, a cluster c...
The Megadata of Lake Mendota - Part 1: Many, Many Mers
November 21, 2023 19:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBLake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to understand how the freshwater ecosystem works. So a few years ago, when they set out to analyze 500 metagenomes, it was the biggest project the JGI had ever put together. The next 3 episodes are the story behind that giant assembly from Lake Mendota. In this episode: the software evolution that made metagenome assemblies like this...
Experimenting with EcoFABs for Student Labs - Jill Bouchard & Ying Wang
November 09, 2023 12:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBTo set up flexible, repeatable experiments on plants and microbes, Trent Northen’s group at Berkeley Lab created a fabricated ecosystem – an EcoFAB. These small plastic growth chambers let researchers around the world compare their work consistently. And EcoFABs also work well in the classroom. This episode, we visit Los Medanos College to see EcoFABs in action in Jill Bouchard’s BIO 21 lab course. Links from this episode: Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI Find out more about...
JGIota: A Surprise for Chloroflexota — The First Flagella!
October 19, 2023 11:00 - 8 minutes - 5.84 MBTo understand how organisms adapt to extreme environments, Marike Palmer and Brian Hedlund study organisms living in hot springs. Hear how their recent work revealed more about the history of the Chloroflexota phylum and a new way of moving: a tail-like flagella. Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI Join us at the 2023 JGI User Meeting Links from this episode: Episode Transcript Publication: Palmer, M, et al.Thermophilic Dehalococcoidia with unusual traits shed light on an une...
JGIota: A Tool to Find the Nomadic Genes that Help Microbes Adapt - geNomad
September 20, 2023 19:00 - 5 minutes - 4.06 MBA quick snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers behind software that finds plasmids and viruses within microbial genomes. As mobile genetic elements like viruses spread their DNA, they can affect how microbes cycle nutrients and adapt to climate change. Episode Transcript Publication: Camargo, A.P., et al. “Identification of mobile genetic elements with geNomad,” Nature Biotechnology. (2023). doi: 10.1038/s41587-023-01953-y Science Highlight: You can move, ...
Methane Makers in Yosemite's Lakes - Mike Beman and Elisabet Perez Coronel
June 29, 2023 11:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBMeet researchers who have hiked, rafted and met local wildlife (a marmot!) as they’ve sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. These lakes are isolated, but varied. They’re a great way to see how climate change affects freshwater ecosystems, and how those ecosystems work. Links from this episode: Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI http://jointgeno.me/proposals Join us at the 2023 JGI User Meeting http://jointgeno.me/JGI...
A Shrubbier Version of Rubber - Andrew Nelson and Colleen McMahan
June 22, 2023 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBRight now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis. It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to North America: guayule. This episode was made in collaboration with our friends at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Links from this episode: Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI : http://jointgeno.me/proposals Join us ...
The Busy World of Deep Sea Eruptions - Anna-Louise Reysenbach and Emily St. John
June 15, 2023 11:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBThe ocean depths are vast and dark. But there are hotspots on the ocean floor — underwater volcanoes and hydrothermal vents — where lively microbial communities thrive, and even support entire ecosystems. Hear from researchers Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Emily St. John, Gilberto Flores, and Peter Girguis about sampling these communities, and understanding how they’ve adapted to this extreme environment. Links from this episode: Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI: http://jointgeno....
Crops as Tough as World Cup Turf - James Schnable and Guangchao Sun
June 08, 2023 12:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBIn our warming world, we’ll need corn, sorghum and other crops to grow well in worse conditions: with more heat, less water and less fertilizer. Grasses do better in these conditions, so plant biologists James Schable, Guangchao Sun and Vladimir Torrres have looked into traits that could transfer from grasses into other crops. One grass they studied just happened to be the same species that covered World Cup pitches in 2022. Links from this episode: Submit your own proposal to work with ...
Season 4 Trailer (and sneak peek!)
June 06, 2023 23:00 - 3 minutes - 2.26 MBOn June 8th, Genome Insider is back! We've got a batch of 4 new episodes where researchers discover the expertise encoded in our environment — in the genomes of plants, fungi, bacteria, archaea, algae, and environmental viruses — to power a more sustainable future. Stick around for a snippet of the next episode. Join us at our User Meeting: jointgeno.me/JGI2023 Find out how to become a JGI user here: jointgeno.me/proposals Our contact info: Twitter: @JGI Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot...
JGIota: A Biofuel Breakthrough in Anaerobic Fungi with Michelle O'Malley and Tom Lankiewicz
March 30, 2023 23:00 - 4 minutes - 3.14 MBMichelle O'Malley and Tom Lankiewicz of UC-Santa Barbara discuss the importance of studying anaerobic fungi, as well as a recent discovery that turns scientific presumption on its head and opens up a new avenue to explore for efficient biofuel production. Episode Transcript Publication: Lankiewicz, T.S., Choudhary, H., Gao, Y. et al. Lignin deconstruction by anaerobic fungi. Nat Microbiol 8, 596–610 (2023). doi: 10.1038/s41564-023-01336-8 Science Highlight: Busting the Unbreakable Lignin ...
JGIota: Sequencing Shiitakes with David Hibbett
March 02, 2023 15:00 - 5 minutes - 3.93 MBDavid Hibbett (Clark University) fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he 39 collaborators published a paper tracing how these mushrooms have evolved. Episode Transcript Publication: Sierra-Patev S et al. A global phylogenomic analysis of the shiitake genus Lentinula. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Mar 7;120(10):e2214076120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2214076120. The Lentinula genomes are publicly available on JGI’s MycoCosm data portal The JGI websi...
Work With the JGI! Tips for a Winning CSP Proposal
December 16, 2022 01:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBThe JGI’s Community Science Program gives researchers access to all kinds of sequencing, ‘omics and bioinformatics capabilities — and it’s open to scientists at any career stage, anywhere in the world, for free. We accept new projects related to energy and the environment several times a year. A few proposal calls have deadlines coming up – in January, March, and later on in the spring. In this episode, hear proposal tips from Tanja Woyke, who runs user programs at the JGI, and project mana...
JGIota: Looking Back at How Cow Rumen Samples Landed on a Syllabus
November 17, 2022 17:00 - 8 minutes - 5.71 MBBack in 2011, JGI-supported researchers published a paper in the journal Science. They’d used metagenomics to sift for microbial genes encoding carbohydrate-chomping enzymes in cow rumen — and found 27,000 candidates. The data from that study is now used across California State University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource experience. Hear from CSU San Marcos Professor Matt Escobar and UC Davis Associate Professor Matthias Hess, also the cha...
From Sample Shipments to Sequences – A Tour of the JGI’s Sequencing Pipeline
November 03, 2022 11:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBEvery year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing lab. So today, Chris Daum walks through the JGI’s sequencing pipeline, where there are freezers with names — but not doors — and robots handle a bunch of benchwork. Links from this episode: Episode Transcript Submit a proposal to work wi...
JGIota: Looking Back at Methane-Making Microbes
October 06, 2022 17:00 - 7 minutes - 4.87 MBWe count on livestock for food and fiber, but raising these animals also produces an atmosphere-warming gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported researchers studying those microbial methane-makers. Eventually, that could help us dial back their emissions, while still producing things like meat, milk, and wool. Hear more from JGI collaborators Sinead Leahy (New Zealand Agricultural G...
The Fungi That Survive In Antarctica
September 22, 2022 11:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBBlack fungi are microscopic and mighty. They survive everywhere from Antarctica to Joshua Tree National Park, despite extremely harsh conditions. And their survival secrets could one day help other organisms survive hotter, drier climates. So University of Tuscia researchers Laura Selbmann and Claudia Coleine are working with scientists from around the world – and the JGI – to understand them better. Links from this episode: Episode Transcript How Black Fungi Adapt to Extremes Integrated...
JGIota: Looking Back at Soybeans
September 15, 2022 11:00 - 6 minutes - 4.29 MBThe soybean is a crop that could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. So in 2010, the JGI helped publish the original genome sequence for the soybean, Glycine max. With a full genome sequence, researchers have been able to look into soybean’s strengths – along with a fungus that threatens this important crop. Hear more about that work from researchers Gary Stacey (University of Missouri), Peter van Esse (The Sainsbury Laboratory) and Sebastien Duplessis (INRAE). Links from this episode: Ep...
JGIota: Looking Back at Sequencing for Soybeans
September 15, 2022 11:00 - 6 minutes - 4.29 MBThe soybean is a crop that could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. So in 2010, the JGI helped publish the original genome sequence for the soybean, Glycine max. With a full genome sequence, researchers have been able to look into soybean’s strengths – along with a fungus that threatens this important crop. Hear more about that work from researchers Gary Stacey (University of Missouri), Peter van Esse (The Sainsbury Laboratory) and Sebastien Duplessis (INRAE). Links from this episode: Ep...
Better Crops With a Pointillist Approach to Plant Genomics
August 25, 2022 13:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBIn this episode, we peer into plant cells. Researchers are using measurements from single cells to understand which genes help plants grow, get nutrients, weather drought, and more. And eventually, their findings could help us grow better crops, with less impact on our planet. Links from this episode: Episode transcript Monet’s Waterloo Bridge at Sunset (1904) Serat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (1884) Submit a proposal to work with the JGI: https://jointgeno.me/proposals Margot’s 202...
JGIota: The Algae Nicknamed ‘Chlamy’
August 11, 2022 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.22 MBThis shorter episode is about a tiny, single-celled alga – Chlamydomonas reinhardtii – that’s managed to have a big impact. UC Berkeley plant biologist Sabeeha Merchant explains why she works on this alga, how researchers managed to sequence its genome, and what it has to teach us about other organisms – like plants. Links from this episode Episode Transcript JGI@25: The Little Alga That Could Chlamydomonas reinhardtii on Phytozome and PhycoCosm JGI Blog Post: Green Algae Reveal One m...
JGIota: The Algae Nicknamed ‘Chlamy’
August 11, 2022 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.22 MBThis shorter episode is about a tiny, single-celled alga – Chlamydomonas reinhardtii – that’s managed to have a big impact. UC Berkeley plant biologist Sabeeha Merchant explains why she works on this alga, how researchers managed to sequence its genome, and what it has to teach us about other organisms – like plants. Links from this episode Episode Transcript JGI@25: The Little Alga That Could Chlamydomonas reinhardtii on Phytozome and PhycoCosm JGI Blog Post: Green Algae Reveal One m...
Chomping Toward Better Plastic Recycling
July 28, 2022 16:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBWe know all kinds of things about plastic – except, how to break it down for recycling. But some hungry insects can digest plastic. So researchers are taking a look at how these critters process plastic, to improve plastic recycling by following their lead. Episode Transcript Links from this episode: Sequencing the Amazonian Stinkbird’s Microbiome Acronym Action: EPICON project Submit a proposal to work with the JGI! Find out more about the FICUS program between JGI and EMSL Genome I...
Filling in the Plant Tree of Life
February 08, 2022 17:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBWhat if we understood plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to drive more productive food, medicine, and bioenergy crops. But most available genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-episode-10-filling-in-the-plant-tree-of-life/.
Creating an Energy Market for Miscanthus
November 23, 2021 17:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBWhat grass is a prized ornamental and a bioenergy plant? Meet Miscanthus, an attractive addition to your garden and a potential fuel for the future. But, to be competitive in the market, both energy policy and Miscanthus will need some upgrades. In this episode, hear from scientists working on understanding Miscanthus biology and the economic terrain to help make the plant a viable alternative to fossil fuels. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/g...
Dispatches From JGI Interns
October 19, 2021 16:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBEvery summer, the JGI invites undergraduate and graduate students from the University of California, Merced to participate in the flagship JGI-UC Merced Internship Program and engage in real, impactful research projects with JGI mentors. In this episode, hear two interns from the 2021 cohort describe their deep dives into genomics, computational tools, and big data. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-episode-8-uc-merced-intern-d...
THE Bioenergy Tree
September 14, 2021 15:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBThe US Department of Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re the fastest growing trees in the Northern Hemisphere, making them tantalizing plants to harness for bioenergy. In this episode, hear from Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists who have uncovered remarkable genetic secrets that bring us closer to making poplar an economical and sustainable source of energy and materials. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-ep-7-the-...
Back to the Future! A Sorghum Story
August 10, 2021 16:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBYou might know sorghum as an edible grain. But there are some sorghum varieties, grown on marginal land with little water, which were developed specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play a big role in our energy future. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-ep-6-back-to-the-future-a...
A Powerful Technique to Study Microbes, Now Easier
June 08, 2021 15:00 - 9 minutes - 6.37 MBLawrence Livermore National Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots have made these experiments easier for scientists everywhere. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-ep5-a-powerful-technique-to-study-microbes-now-easier
Party in the Rhizosphere
May 18, 2021 16:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBThere’s a party in the soil, and microbes are the VIPs. They’re feasting on the compounds that plants secrete through their roots, creating a lively zone called the rhizosphere. In this episode, biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has your backstage pass. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2ep4-party-in-the-rhizosphere
Genome Insider S2 Episode 3: Better Living Through Bioenergy
April 13, 2021 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBBiofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to fossil fuels. In this episode, we get a peek into how scientists Aindrila Mukhopadhyay and Steve Singer are harnessing the versatile bacterium Pseudomonas putida to break down biomass and help bring about a more sustainable, bio-based economy. They conduct research at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers. Find more info on this episode, including...
Better Living Through Bioenergy
April 13, 2021 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBBiofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to fossil fuels. In this episode, we get a peek into how scientists Aindrila Mukhopadhyay and Steve Singer are harnessing the versatile bacterium Pseudomonas putida to break down biomass and help bring about a more sustainable, bio-based economy. They conduct research at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers. Find more info on this episode, including...
Cracking the Secrets of the Diatom’s Shell
March 09, 2021 17:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBDiatoms, a group of tiny algae, are also known as “living opals” because of the strange, beautiful properties of their silica shells. But what genes are responsible for such mesmerizing exteriors? Setsuko Wakao and Kris Niyogi, biologists at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, aim to find out. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2ep2-cracking-the-secrets-of-the-diatoms-shell/.
Exploring the Diversity of the American Prairie’s Switchgrass
February 04, 2021 18:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBA tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, as a species, encompasses dizzying diversity. So, a team of scientists made an ambitious plan to link the plant’s diverse traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, etc. — to its genes. The undertaking took shovels, trucks — and more than a decade. With the results just published in the journal Nature, listen ...
The Soil Blooms Green
November 11, 2020 17:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBEvery fall, a mysterious green growth appears on farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might be quietly improving the soil. Penn State researchers Mary Ann Bruns and Terry Bell are digging in to understand how. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, here. We hope you enjoy this last episode of Season 1! Stay tuned for Season 2, coming in 2021.
A Plantiful Future: Xiaohan Yang
October 13, 2020 17:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBCan plants help humans attain a renewable energy future? Can they help lock away more carbon? Xiaohan Yang, a scientist at Oakridge National Laboratory, believes they can. And, what’s more, that using gene editing technology to conscientiously mix traits of different plant species will help us get there. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, here.
Decoding Yellowstone’s Microbial Mats
September 09, 2020 18:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBLife 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 living, communally, in microbial mats. Along the way, they’ve encountered surprises, adopted new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the microbial mat denizens. Find more info on the episode, including the transcript, here: https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-episode-7-decoding-...
Decoding Yellowstone’s Microbial Mats
September 09, 2020 18:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBLife 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 living, communally, in microbial mats. Along the way, they’ve encountered surprises, adopted new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the microbial mat denizens. Find more info on the episode, including the transcript, here: https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-episode-7-decoding-...
How Microbes Can Protect Plants in Drier Straits
August 11, 2020 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.21 MBA mini-episode: JGI collaborator Pankaj Trivedi is harnessing microbiome science to make plants more resilient to drought. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript here: jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-mini-episode-6-how-microbes-can-protect-plants-in-drier-straits/
Corals in Hot Water Get Help From Their Microbes
July 14, 2020 16:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBAs waters warm due to climate change, corals are in mortal peril. But corals comprise multiple organisms: a coral host, a photosynthetic microalgae, and a little-characterized microbiome. When warm waters stress corals but before they bleach, a coral’s microbes, including its photosynthetic partner, may be what helps them take the heat. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, here.
The Big Deal About Short Plants
June 09, 2020 18:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBDespite their diminutive stature, “short plants” such as mosses could be uniquely powerful in helping scientists link plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — has an unexpected hurdle: ginormous sex chromosomes. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, here.
River microbiomes from around the world: Kelly Wrighton
May 12, 2020 09:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBKelly Wrighton and her group at Colorado State University in Fort Collins have a massive undertaking: sequencing the world’s river microbiomes. And they’re using team science to do it. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript here.
Thawing permafrost, microbes, and viruses: Gary Trubl — Part 2
April 14, 2020 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBGary Trubl, virologist and postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has more to share about bacteria-infecting viruses in the arctic. He’s researching how viruses influence the flow of carbon in thawing peatlands — and bioinformatics and isotopes are crucial to the quest. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript here.
Thawing permafrost, microbes, and viruses: Gary Trubl — Part 1
March 10, 2020 09:00 - 13 minutes - 9.23 MBGary Trubl, virologist and postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has more to share about bacteria-infecting viruses in the arctic. He’s researching how viruses influence the flow of carbon in thawing peatlands — and bioinformatics and isotopes are crucial to the quest. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript here.
Teaser: Ed Hall
March 07, 2020 13:00 - 1 minute - 771 KBAlison Takemura tells you about the podcast, and Ed Hall, microbiologist at Colorado State University, talks about how this is a unique time in human history. Genome Insider is brought to you by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.
Teaser: Monica Medina
March 05, 2020 13:00 - 1 minute - 950 KBAlison Takemura tells you about the podcast, and Monica Medina, coral biologist at Penn State, talks about going from tiny critters to magnificent coral reefs. Genome Insider is brought to you by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.
Teaser: Kelly Wrighton
March 02, 2020 23:00 - 55 seconds - 687 KBAlison Takemura tells you about the podcast, and Kelly Wrighton, microbiologist at Colorado State University, talks about filters full of microbes. Genome Insider is brought to you by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.
Teaser: Gary Trubl
February 22, 2020 21:00 - 1 minute - 748 KBAlison Takemura tells you about the podcast, and Gary Trubl, virologist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, weighs in on what a peatland sounds like. Genome Insider is brought to you by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.
Gary Trubl: As permafrost thaws, what about the viruses? — Part 1
January 23, 2020 21:00 - 13 minutes - 9.26 MBGary Trubl, a virologist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, wants to understand how viruses impact the release of greenhouse gases from Arctic soil. But to see what they’re doing, he's first got to get their stubborn DNA.