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… and seven graduate students from UC Merced through their long standing internship program. In just two months, the students participated in networking workshops, … experiences and what they’ll take with them as they go forward in their careers.   Listed below are the interns, …

Analysis reveals cotton genome stability across global lineages . Come harvest time, the cotton fields look like popcorn is literally growing on plants, … , both faculty investigators at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. “The goal has been for all this new …

Adriana Corales, Hugh Cross, Megan DeMarche, Joanne Emerson, Matthew Hudson, Megan Keller and Julia Kelliher; [below] … JGI is excited to announce the fifteen scientists selected for our 2024 Community Science Program Annual Call. “It’s … and Environmental Research (BER) missions in: sustainable biofuel and bioproducts production, global carbon and …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA … relevant to living on a changing planet. Transcript for Audio Two special days occur in April: the 50th …

… living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for bioenergy.   The Science Hydrothermal vents are … array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. At these vents, and underwater volcanoes,  … development of new biotechnologies around clean energy,  biofuels and bioproducts.  Summary Hydrothermal vents are …

Journal publication caps JGI pilot project with fledgling Florida high school … provides the only known reference microbiome data sets for the Loxahatchee Refuge,  was published in the journal  … encouragement to submit a proposal, which was approved as a Director’s Science project by JGI Director  Nigel Mouncey .” …

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… from the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase), the National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC), and Berkeley Lab … also co-located in the IGB. Vision  Lead genomic innovation for a sustainable bioeconomy. Mission  As a U.S. Department … through responsibly managing our people and resources.     Director's Perspective Over the last year, the U.S. …

Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea likely played a … of the Earth’s atmosphere and regulating the global climate for life to flourish. For Guillaume Borrel and Simonetta …

On July 30, UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted … of this internship program, this was the largest turnout for the final presentations to date.  This summer internship … a fantastic component of our work,” said Nigel Mouncey, JGI Director. “This year is unlike any other year, but we’ve had …

… help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, … advances in sequencing technologies applied to the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including … crop improvement insights that could benefit candidate biofuel crops. Summary On the TV show “Antiques Roadshow,” …

… technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput … tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications. Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead it … to overproduce lipids — an important phenotype for biofuel production. They identified four genes, including …