Diversity & Inclusion Socials: Fostering Workplace Culture Change over Coffee and Conversation
Seeking “Gold Standard” Wastewater Treatments
Sullivan on VirSorter in WIRED
Sequencing all the DNA in a sample is pretty straightforward—except then you have to sort out the DNA. “It’s almost like you took hundreds of different puzzles and threw all the pieces together,” says Tanja Woyke, a microbiologist at the DOE Joint Genome Institute and project contributor. “Now you have to put those puzzles together and figure… [Read More]
DOE JGI Interns Share Their Summer Experiences
First Public Resource for Secondary Metabolites Searches
Keeping Algae from Stressing Out
2015 Call for ETOP Letters of Intent
1. INTRODUCTION The University of California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (“University” or “LBNL”) is soliciting Letters of Intent for the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) Emerging Technologies Opportunity Program (ETOP) 2015 award. This is a solicitation for Letters of Intent to participate in the ETOP. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. The University… [Read More]
Cataloging small RNAs in switchgrass
Cultivated grasses are the most abundant sustainable class of biomass that can be produced in the United States, and one of the Department of Energy’s candidate bioenergy feedstock crops is switchgrass. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulatory molecules of vegetative development and stress response, though their specific roles in switchgrass and in bioenergy crop diversity in general… [Read More]
Sequencing aquatic fungi
Aquatic fungi perform several important functions in natural ecosystems. Similar to terrestrial fungi, their predominant role is the decomposition of organic carbon. In freshwater streams, fungi are most efficient in transforming leaf-litter energy into biomass. Aquatic fungi are also capable of degrading manmade pollutants such as DDT, and sequestering metals such as cadmium. Despite being… [Read More]