Frederik Schulz

Biologist Research Scientist

Science Programs

Secondary Affiliation: Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology

Comparative and Functional Genomics

Building: 91, Room 0460B5
Mail Stop: 91R0183
Phone: (510) 495-8559
fschulz@lbl.gov
https://jgi.doe.gov/our-science/scientists-jgi/frederik-schulz/
https://github.com/NeLLi-team

Programs & Initiatives

New Lineages of Life Group

Research Interests

Frederik Schulz joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016 and is leading the New Lineages of Life Group. His research is focussed on the discovery of novel bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic microbes and viruses in environmental sequence data. Schulz employs multi-omics (metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, single cell genomics and phylogenomics) and machine learning to find novel functions that may impact microbiome structure and biogeochemical cycles. He provides his expertise to the JGI user community and supports various user projects in the Microbial Program.

His research interests are:

Microbial symbiosis
Giant viruses and other eukaryotic viruses
Protists
Pathogen agnostic detection
Strain-resolved sequencing

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A Tool to Find Nomadic Genes that Help Microbes Adapt

September 21, 2023

Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic entities that seek to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool recently described in Nature Biotechnology called geNomad identifies and classifies MGEs based upon their gene content and their genetic sequences. The software was created by researchers under the direction of JGI Microbiome Data Science Group Lead Nikos Kyrpides.

Biosciences Area FY23 LDRD Projects

December 15, 2022

The projects of 22 Biosciences Area scientists and engineers received funding through the FY23 Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program.

JGI Researchers Provide a Perspective on Giant Virus Diversity

November 21, 2022

In the last thirty years, in environments all over the world, scientists have discovered giants among viruses. Culturing studies have been key to understanding these viruses’ host range, morphological structures, and infection strategies. More recently, researchers have employed cultivation-independent approaches to discover thousands of new giant viruses, rapidly expanding the diversity of the Nucleocytoviricota phylum. A new review provides a perspective on giant virus diversity, and how sequencing and bioinformatics have sped up the study of giant viruses.

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