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… As warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are microscopic, photosynthetic … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …

… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have … figuring out what they are doing is difficult. Proteins are tiny, invisible to even the most powerful light microscope, … These sequences provide a list of machine parts, and an idea of their groupings.  One pivotal effort along these …

… Through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo Kaze, Akshay Paropkari, … are generous with their time and like nerding out about the big stuff, well, the little stuff! People hold office hours … have done the groundbreaking work you’ve been reading about for years! And you can ask them about it! And they’re super …

… Protein annotations provide insights into environmental tendencies … Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) platform — has been developed to help inform scientists and … with ratios of DNA sequence fragments from the ecosystems. Selecting a protein identified from their studied …

… Kyrpides joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2004 to lead the Genome Biology Program and the development of the comparative analysis platforms for microbial genomes and metagenomes (IMG). He became … analysis, as well as mining and visualization of big data. …

… More than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of … Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi from … minorities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. More than 20 UC Merced students have …

… Guiding Principles All staff members of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint … on sustaining our record of excellence and respect, and for principles of integrity, safety and reliability. As … of views and opinions; Exercise tolerance for diverse ideas and a commitment to free inquiry based on evidence and …

… Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and …