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March 26, 2024

Supercomputing, MetaHipMer and the Mega Dataset of Lake Mendota

Microbial ecologist and JGI user Trina McMahon has been sampling microbes for over 20 years; the metagenomes from this sample set was the largest project the JGI had ever put together. [Read More]

January 30, 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. [Read More]

January 25, 2024

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. [Read More]

December 5, 2023

Back in the Lab: the 2023 Summer Intern Experience

There were 25 interns in the Summer 2023 cohort, which was the first fully in-person internship experience in several years for students and JGI researchers alike. [Read More]

November 6, 2023

Researching and Solving Real-World Problems with the 2023 JGI-UC Merced Interns

Reflections from this year’s JGI-UC Merced summer cohort about their onsite internships and enrichment activities. [Read More]

October 27, 2023

RECAP: Multi-Omic Journeys with 2023 JGI Annual Meeting Keynotes

The 2023 JGI Annual Meeting keynote speakers shared the journeys of their research careers, and showcasing the broad applications of their genomics and multi-omics work. [Read More]

October 27, 2023

Tracking & Subduing the Plague of California’s Oak Woodlands

From genome to community science: a UC team oversees engagement activities to control the spread of sudden oak death. [Read More]

October 26, 2023

Celebrating a Decade of Science through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program

A decade on, the JGI-UC Merced genomics internship has led to groundbreaking science and opportunities to speak on a national level. [Read More]

October 19, 2023

Webinar: Metagenome quantitative SIP at JGI

The JGI offers metagenome quantitative stable isotope probing (Metagenome – qSIP) capabilities to investigate metabolic activity of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs). [Read More]

October 19, 2023

JGIota: A Surprise for Chloroflexota — The First Flagella!

To understand how organisms adapt to extreme environments, Marike Palmer and Brian Hedlund study organisms living in hot springs. Hear how their recent work revealed more about the history of the Chloroflexota phylum and a new way of moving: a tail-like flagella. [Read More]