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… Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, after completing a petascale … focused on stable and accurate computational methods for reacting subsurface flows, and evolved into scalable methods for scientific data analysis. In 2014 Dr. Fagnan became the …

… the Community Science Program’s  Functional Genomics call for proposals .  On July 8, JGI’s DNA Synthesis Science … the Community Science Program’s  Functional Genomics call for proposals . The proposal call is open year-round, but … the researchers will receive a FedEx package with the sequenced, quality controlled population representing the …

… fungal mitochondrial genome data, unlocking new potential for AI-driven studies of energy metabolism. The Science … time. They also discovered more than 6,000 mitochondrial sequences previously unrecognized within existing public … learning models that predict biological traits from DNA sequences. The study also confirmed that mitochondrial and …

… the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What started with 2 interns in the … the Lab. “This project represents part of our long term efforts to contribute towards a diverse workforce and scientific community (working with the JGI) as …

… New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent … called methanogenesis. Methanogenic microorganisms therefore play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their potential contributions to a sustainable …

… the plant portal  Phytozome . Now the portal offers a way for users to more easily access public data sets through a common set of metadata. For Steve Wilson, JGI’s Systems Engineering group lead, the … or fungi ( MycoCosm ). “We have made a concerted effort to create a common set of ‘baseline metadata’ across …

… soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in … studies to date. This paper  is the cover article for the April 2024 issue  of  Nature Plants .  “We wanted to … underground mycorrhizal networks can serve as a reservoir for carbon compounds that plants generate from carbon …

… and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in … MGEs based upon their gene content and their genetic sequences. The software was created by researchers under the … the National Microbiome Data Collaborative’s EDGE platform. The Impact In order to gain more insights into Earth’s …

… Kelly Wrighton and her group at Colorado State University in Fort Collins have a massive undertaking: sequencing the …

… Impact By collecting and sequencing dominant haloarchaeal sequences from six hypersaline lakes, researchers focused on … cycles, and possibly cold-temperature enzymes for biotechnological use. Summary Conditions such as extreme … understand how they’ve adapted to these conditions, information that could have biotechnological applications. The …

… to answer our most pressing problems. I’m very much looking forward to working with JGI and LBNL scientists and have … Lab is the home to an exceptional caliber of scientists.” For her project, “Microbial Community Structure and Methane Production in California’s Canal System,” she will work with Susannah Tringe, …

… to the proposers of the 19 proposals selected for the 2023 Community Science Program call of the U.S. … questions relevant to the DOE mission, and we look forward to facilitating their success. “ The CSP Annual Call … interactions, understanding natural communities important for carbon storage, nutrient cycling, and climate change; …