From September 16-20, 2019, we introduce you to some of the postdocs at the JGI in honor of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, which recognizes the contributions of these early career researchers. Through a series of hard-hitting questions, we find out what drives each one. What are you working on? Beneficial plant-microbe interactions alter valuable…
Meet a JGI Postdoc: Kyle Hartman
From September 16-20, 2019, we introduce you to some of the postdocs at the JGI in honor of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, which recognizes the contributions of these early career researchers. Through a series of hard-hitting questions, we find out what drives each one. What are you working on? I am a member of the…
Meet a JGI Postdoc: Sara Calhoun
From September 16-20, 2019, we introduce you to some of the postdocs at the JGI in honor of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, which recognizes the contributions of these early career researchers. Through a series of hard-hitting questions, we find out what drives each one. What are you working on? I have two main projects:…
What Happens Underground Influences Global Nutrient Cycles
DOE user facilities EMSL and JGI announce FY 2020 collaborative FICUS projects. Through the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national user facilities—the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)—have selected 11 proposals for support from 53 received through a…
Scaling Up Existing Skill Sets
Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired six UC Merced students with seven JGI researchers for bioinformatics internship opportunities in fields ranging from plant-microbe interactions to functional genomics. Hear from five of the Summer 2019 interns, who briefly shared their experiences below. Name: Noelle Anderson Class Year: At the…
Game On: High School Students Drive Everglades Metagenomics Study
In late June, Kathleen Lail, a member of JGI’s Sample Management Group, attended a conference in Florida to discuss a JGI pilot project involving soil sampling in the Florida Everglades to help train the next generation of scientists. She shares her thoughts about the experience below. In the summer of 2018, Jonathan Benskin was preparing…
Fungus Fuels Tree Growth
A better understanding of how poplar responds to endophyte associations with endophytes enables scientists to fine-tune their engineering efforts.
Panel Discussion: Launching & Sustaining Startups in Synthetic Biology
The Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area Entrepreneurship Program presents… Eyes on the Prize – Launching & Sustaining Startups in Synthetic Biology Who’s Invited? All Berkeley Lab Employees and Affiliates. When: August 29th, 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm: Panel discussion, Q&A followed by: 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm: Hosted Hoppy Hour @…
JGI User Executive Committee charter
The JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) represents the JGI user community and is responsible for providing input and advice on JGI policies and practices that affect users and their science including technical capabilities offered, proposal review procedures, and the annual user meeting. The UEC also acts as a liaison to the user community and the…
Learning to Look
Machine learning approach significantly expands inovirus diversity. To answer the question, “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of distinguishing features. Several characters may be spotted with a striped scarf, striped hat, round-rimmed glasses, or a cane, but only Waldo will have all of these features. As described July 22, 2019, in Nature…