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In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both …   ALISON:  Hey! I’m Alison Takemura at the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, or JGI.  Two special days … and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable …

… are microbes like bacteria, not humans. With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of ecosystems. However, matching these viral genetic …

Emerald Nash and mentor Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacterium Graduate Interns … And we’ve been working on isolating and cultivating and sequencing extremophile protists from a hypersaline alkaline …

The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet … the microorganisms had a close relationship. Then, using metagenomes and metatranscriptomes generated by the U.S. … Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), as well as publicly available metagenomes, they analyzed both host and hitchhiker genomes …

DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy … transcribed instructions for building and maintaining cells through the use of deep-sequencing technologies. The internship program was born out …

The 11th cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns pick highlights from their summer experiences. This year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … Nandita Nath & W. Berkeley Kauffman Project: “ 16s Sequencing of Barcoded Microbial Genomes ” Morgan Lavenstein …

JGI's Simon Roux describes the structure and content of the IMG/VR v3 database (img.jgi.doe.gov/vr), the latest release of IMG database dedicated to viral genomes assembled from metagenomes. He also demonstrates briefly how to leverage …

… as a typical monthly JGI All-Hands Meeting, after a couple of perfunctory items, the agenda went off the rails – according to plan but unbeknownst to Ray and … and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable …

PCE (perchloroethylene) found its way into the groundwater of several communities in New Mexico via leakage from a … down PCE into the chemical compound ethene. Applying genome sequencing and analysis, the researchers identified other … bioremediate toxic substances has led to the development of cost-effective environmental cleanup strategies. Summary …

Mr. Everson rejoined the JGI in 2020  and leads all aspects of JGI Operations which include the Safety, Finance, Human … Joint Genome Institute after serving as the Chief Operating Officer of the DOE Joint Bioenergy Institute and the Operations …

Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and cracked earth are becoming common … nearly 400 root and leaf samples and helped analyze the sequencing datasets. The results from the first year showed …