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]
For the Tiniest Archaea, A Genomic Switch of Friend or Foe
Recently, researchers used population genomics to find that while archaeal hitchhikers may often act as parasites, in other cases, they likely help their hosts. [Read More]
Doubling Down on Known Protein Families
Through a novel approach detailed in Nature, a massive computational analysis of microbiome datasets focuses on unveiling protein functional diversity. [Read More]
The JGI announces 2024 awardees for our Community Science Program annual call
The JGI’s annual CSP call is focused on large-scale genomic science projects in sustainable biofuel and bioproducts production, global carbon and nutrient cycling, and biogeochemistry. [Read More]
![A series of headshots: From left to right: [above] Olivia Ahern, Adriana Corales, Hugh Cross, Megan DeMarche, Joanne Emerson, Matthew Hudson, Megan Keller and Julia Kelliher; [below] Vassili Kouvelis, Seppe Kuehn, Tesfaye Mengiste, Egbert Schwartz, Hannah Schulman, Bram Stone and Jana Voriskova](https://jgi.doe.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMAGE_2023CSP-220x170.jpeg)
You Can Move, But You Can’t Hide
Researchers at the JGI developed geNomad, a tool to quickly and accurately identify mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. [Read More]
JGI announces second round of 2023 New Investigator awardees
The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers who have not led any previously-accepted proposals through the New Investigator call. [Read More]
![From left to right: [above] Emma Bell, Mallory Choudoir, Sneha Couvillion, Tobin Hammer, Christina Hazard, Rachel Mackelprang, Brook Moyers, Mei, Ran,; [below] Benjamin Peterson, Dacheng Ren, Allison Rober, Neal Scott, Chikae Tatsumi, Vojtech Tlaskal, Fernando Torralbo, Luis Felipe Valdez-Nuñez](https://jgi.doe.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DRAFT_2023Q3_NI_LedeImage.001-220x170.jpeg)
A Collaboration to Improve Plant Genome Annotations Across Species
Described in Nucleic Acids, the JGI Plant Gene Atlas is a huge updateable transcriptome resource spanning diverse plant species. [Read More]
From Berkeley to Binghamton: Tracking Strawberry Evolution
In Nature Communications, a method to correctly identify polyploid subgenomes without needing to know the genomes of their ancestors. [Read More]
iPHoP: A Matchmaker for Phages and their Hosts
Building on existing virus-host prediction approaches, researchers have created a new program called iPHoP. It combines and evaluates multiple predictions to reliably match viruses with their archaea and bacteria hosts. [Read More]
Supercharging SIP in the Fungal Hyphosphere
Applying this method to the study of a particular fungi, researchers identified novel interactions between bacteria and the fungi. [Read More]
