In Natural Prodcast, Alison Narayan on “biocatalysis” her DNA synthesis project with the JGI to explore flavin monooxygenases, and figuring out how to make predictions about the functionality and chemical capabilities of enzymes.
The JGI announces 2024 awardees for our Community Science Program annual call
![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)
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.
JGIota: A Tool to Find the Nomadic Genes that Help Microbes Adapt – geNomad
A quick snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers behind software that finds plasmids and viruses within microbial genomes. As mobile genetic elements like viruses spread their DNA, they can affect how microbes cycle nutrients and adapt to climate change.
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.
Natural Prodcast Episode 21 – Elizabeth Parkinson
Natural Prodcast guest Betsy Parkinson from Purdue on bacterial signaling molecules and regulation of biosynthetic pathways, student mental health, and getting kids interested in microbiology.
JGI announces second round of 2023 New Investigator awardees
![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)
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.
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.
Natural Prodcast Episode 20 – Brian Bachmann
In Natural Prodcast, guest Brian Bachmann covers genome mining from cave environments, and using biosynthetic engineering and synthetic biology to modify and analog complex natural product molecules.
Natural Prodcast co-hosts Dan Udwary and Jackie Winter chat with Brian Bachmann on genome mining from cave environments, and using biosynthetic engineering and synthetic biology to modify and analog complex natural product molecules
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.
Genome Insider S4 Episode 4: Methane Makers in Yosemite’s Lakes – Mike Beman and Elisabet Perez Coronel
Meet researchers who have hiked, rafted and met local wildlife (a marmot!) as they’ve sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. These lakes are isolated, but varied. They’re a great way to see how climate change affects freshwater ecosystems, and how those ecosystems work.