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… JGI researchers demonstrate how their laboratory and data science efforts support users, advance foundational science and enable …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … Lab) were on the scene collecting samples. Terry Hazen, a former Berkeley Lab environmental biologist and current … Over the next decade, the JGI’s single cell genomics and metagenomics capabilities were harnessed in several Lab …

… Pictured from left: [Top row]: Emily G. Aguirre, Shauna M. Bennett, Laura Bogar, Michael Borg, Rory … find a list of researchers whose proposals were accepted for 2026. With the JGI's resources, these researchers will harness capabilities including metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and genome assembly to …

… Scientists have discovered that the candidate bioenergy feedstock … of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology (HudsonAlpha), and the U.S. Department of … , which can have pronounced ecological and evolutionary consequences. A previous study conducted by our research team …

… Learn more about PhycoCosm, the largest interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and …

… Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced worked closely with … language processing techniques to categorize genetic information. Learn more about their work here in a series of … summer. The JGI-UC Merced internship program was founded in 2014 with the goal of inspiring students to embark on a …

… This shorter episode is about a tiny, single-celled alga – Chlamydomonas reinhardtii – that’s managed to have a …

… Researchers looked across many organisms to see that … back story — they rely on enzymes that have been evolving for billions of years. However, these enzymes are often … plant, fungi and animal. This analysis led them to identify 2,938 putative AT  genes. Within the AT genes identified …

… In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never … and publish first-author papers, making the data available for future research. Hear from Rekha Seshadri (JGI) and Matt …

… Streamlined genome with precise gene targeting transforms oil-producing alga into a powerful platform for … precise gene targeting in the genome in the November 2025 issue of The Plant Cell. Auxenochlorella is an … This work was supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of …

…   Later this year, Ian Rambo, a graduate student in Brett Baker’s lab at … the SCGSR research experience was “an ideal opportunity for me to get real-world experience.” As he finalizes his … as a computational biologist. My primary future goal is to form a startup.” …

… Committee (UEC) recently welcomed three new members earlier this month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest … and Elizabeth “Lizzy” Wilbanks of the University of California, Santa Barbara. They join eight other JGI users … CSP and the JGI-EMSL FICUS programs and brings expertise in metagenomics and novel applications for long-read DNA …