Reflections from this year’s JGI-UC Merced summer cohort about their onsite internships and enrichment activities.
Natural Prodcast Episode 23 – Aaron Puri
Aaron Puri of the University of Utah on carbon-fixing methylotrophs, quorum sensing, and inverse stable isotopic labeling to explore biosynthetic chemistry.
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.
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.
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.
New Research Finds Flagella in the Terrestrial Roots of Marine Bacteria
Scientists have discovered flagella in an unexpected place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum Chloroflexota. Research shows that flagella were lost in other forms of Chloroflexota that adapted to marine environments hundreds of millions of years ago.
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).
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.
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.
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.