Microbial ecologist and JGI user Trina McMahon has been sampling microbes at Lake Mendota for over 20 years to better understand how the freshwater ecosystem works. When she set out to analyze 500 metagenomes from this sample set through the Community Science Program, it was the largest project the JGI had ever put together.
Finding the Fermenters
Building off JGI and KBase data resources, researchers developed an interactive and comprehensive database of fermentative microbes.
FICUS Webinar: “Shining a Light: Advanced Photon Source Capabilities for FICUS Research”
A webinar on how researchers can tap the capabilities of the Advanced Photon Source when applying to the EMSL-JGI FICUS call for proposals.
Community Science Program Proposal Call
Letters of Intent are due April 18, 2024 for our annual Community Science Program (CSP) proposal call!
JGI announces 2024 New Investigator portfolio
Each year the JGI looks for novel research projects — aligned with DOE missions and from PIs who have not led any previously-accepted proposals — through the New Investigator call under our Community Science Program. Here are the 21 researchers whose proposals were accepted for 2024.
Three Join the JGI User Executive Committee
Sneha Couvilion, Chris Schadt and Elizabeth “Lizzy” Wilbanks join eight other JGI users already serving on the User Executive Committee.
JGI Contributes Eight to 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list
Congratulations to the 2023 Highly Cited Researchers from the JGI recognized for their “significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade” by Clarivate Analytics.
Genome Insider S4 Episode 8: The Megadata of Lake Mendota – Part 3: Boating Out to David Buoy
This 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.
Register today for the MGM Workshop
Join us at our April Microbial Genomics & Metagenomics (MGM) Workshop – register today!
Eelgrass proves to be much younger than we thought
JGI-enabled research shows eelgrass began colonizing oceans over 2.5 million years more recently than previously thought.