Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing lab. So today, Chris Daum walks through the JGI’s sequencing pipeline, where there are freezers with names — but not doors — and robots handle a bunch of benchwork.
Insights into DNA thievery in ferns
A recent paper published in Natural Communications on Ceratopteris richardii marks the first published manuscript of a genome sequence generated through the JGI’s Open Green Genome Initiative.
JGI at 25: Fueling investigation into methane-making microbes
In 2018, the JGI helped assemble the Hungate1000 catalog. To date it is the single largest effort to provide a cataloged and curated culture and genome sequence resource of rumen microorganisms.
Understanding Wildfire Recovery, Starting in Soil
A metagenomic look at the soil microbes present a year after a wildfire.
JGIota: Looking Back at Methane-Making Microbes
Since 2010, the JGI has supported researchers studying microbial methane-makers. Eventually, that could help us dial back their emissions, while still producing things like meat, milk, and wool.
RECAP: 2022 Annual Meeting features historical perspectives on JGI’s 25 years
As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 Annual Meeting featured speakers whose talks shed light on how the JGI was established, all that it has contributed, and what they’re excited about in JGI’s future.
RECAP: Keynote Speakers Talk Innovation at 2022 JGI Annual Meeting
The JGI hosted some of the brightest minds in genetics as part of our 2022 Annual Meeting: Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna of UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab, Assaf Vardi of the Weizmann Institute of Science, and Susan Wessler of UC Riverside.
A Better Way to Find RNA Virus Needles in the Proverbial Database Haystacks
In Cell, a computational pipeline combed through public metatranscriptome datasets, uncovering a five-fold increase of RNA virus diversity.
JGI Announces 2023 Community Science Program Awardees
The JGI announces its latest portfolio of proposals approved through the JGI’s annual Community Science Program (CSP) call.
JGI at 25: Strengthening Soybean
Maximizing soybean yield is critical to energy independence in the U.S. Not only does it pair with maize, the dominant source of bioethanol, in crop rotation, but soybean (Glycine max) also has the advantage of reducing the need for nitrogen fertilizer. These impressive environmental and energy advantages explain why soybean is a flagship genome of the JGI’s Plant Program.