mlballon, Author at DOE Joint Genome Institute

September 8, 2020

Engagement Webinar: How to Successfully Apply for a CSP Proposal

During the JGI Engagement: Pro Tips for Webinar, researchers were invited to submit white papers to the Community Science Program (CSP)’s New Investigator call for proposals. The proposal call is open year-round, but proposals submitted by September 21, 2020, will be included in the next review. [Read More]

September 8, 2020

In Hot Spring Microbial Mat, Viruses Ride “Piggyback”

Scientists have used sequencing methods to comprehensively characterize viral-host interactions in a microbial mat for the first time. [Read More]

August 25, 2020

The More the Merrier: Making the Case for Plant Pan-genomes

Researchers relied on a model grass system and pan-genomes to learn the origins, evolution and development of plant polyploids. [Read More]

July 21, 2020

Computationally Classifying Fungal Lifestyles

As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that “taught” a computer how to classify 101 representative genomes of Dothideomycetes, the largest class of fungi, by lifestyles. [Read More]

July 16, 2020

Engagement Webinar: What Can You Do With An Approved CSP Functional Genomics Call Proposal?

During the JGI Engagement: Accessing Functional Genomics Capabilities Webinar, researchers described how they had availed of JGI’s resources and capabilities through the Community Science Program’s Functional Genomics call for proposals. [Read More]

July 14, 2020

Genome Insider Episode 5: Corals in Hot Water Get Help From Their Microbes

The Genome Insider podcast presents JGI-supported research on the coral microbiome and how it could help corals deal with rising temperatures due to climate change. [Read More]

June 30, 2020

Ray Turner Completes Last Tour of Lab Duty at JGI

For the last 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. His vigilant stewardship as JGI’s Operations Deputy has come to a close. [Read More]

June 9, 2020

Genome Insider Episode 4: The Big Deal About Short Plants

The Genome Insider podcast presents JGI-supported research on the “short plant,” Ceratodon purpureus or fire moss. Its genome could shed light on gene function in other plants, including bioenergy sources. Guests Stuart McDaniel and his then-graduate student Sarah Carey of the University of Florida were interviewed at the Plant & Animal Genome (PAG) Conference held in early 2020. [Read More]

May 13, 2020

Toward More Efficient Artificial Photosynthesis

A team successfully combined synthetic biology and microfluidics to develop a platform that mimics chloroplast. [Read More]

May 12, 2020

Genome Insider Episode 3: River Microbiomes From Around The World

The Genome Insider podcast presents JGI-supported research by Kelly Wrighton and her team at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. With more than a dozen principal investigators, the group has a massive undertaking: sequencing the world’s river microbiomes. JGI is a user facility of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science and located at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, CA. [Read More]