Our Projects - DOE Joint Genome Institute (original) (raw)

Drilling site at the BA1B well into the Samail Ophiolite in the Sultanate of Oman. (Elizabeth Fones)

Seeking a better understanding of adaptations necessary for life in active serpentinization sites, and to determine the role of viruses in diversification and liberation of organic carbon. [Read More]

Red algal life at the extremes. Left: Cyanidiophyceae thriving in hot springs at Yellowstone National Park at Yellowstone National Park. Right: Rock dwelling Galdeiereia phelgrea (green band in image) growing near Yellowstone hot springs. (D. Bhattacharya)

How Cyanidiophyceae, a group of unicellular red algae that occupies a variety of hot springs and acid mining sites, become extremophiles. [Read More]

Agaricales fungi by Jose Maria Barrasa

This project focuses on the genomes of thirty-two saprobic Agaricales, for a large repertoire of enzymes acting on plant biomass. [Read More]

Rifle, CO SFA site by RKaltschmidt

Investigating the ways in which intersecting biological, chemical, and physical processes shape the terrestrial subsurface, with feedbacks to the regional or global system. [Read More]