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… Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Yeast strains … As reported August 26, 2021, in Nature Communications , researchers led by Hal Alper at The University of Texas at … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …
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… Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, … postdoctoral fellowship at NERSC and LBNL’s Computational Research Division. As a postdoc, her research focused on … Kjiersten Fagnan is the JGI's Chief Informatics Officer. Click to learn more about how the JGI …
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… development of multicellular organisms. Not all bacterial lineages harnessed aerobic respiration when the Cyanobacteria did; contemporaries Melainabacteria and Sericytochromatia, members of the same clade … reported January 28, 2019 in Nature Communications , two research teams joined forces and data sets to describe …
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… Through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo Kaze, Akshay Paropkari, Vicente Ramirez and Rhondene Wint had summer 2018 internships in Walnut Creek. The students’ research culminated in presentations on their work delivered …
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… Igor Grigoriev from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … Most of the attention on Olpidium was from agricultural research. Several species of Olpidium are obligate … of binning methods, we were able to recover Olpidium sequences from the “contaminated” genome data with strong …
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… Congratulations to the 2023 Highly Cited Researchers from the JGI recognized for their “significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the … elements based upon their gene content and their genetic sequences. Roux was first author on a study featuring a new …
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… gas, regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called … Methanogenic microorganisms therefore play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest … process these little makers rely on to survive. Now, new research enabled by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …
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… New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula The Science Shiitake mushrooms get … mushroom genomes, and assembling genomes from 60 existing sequences, this work expands the family tree for Lentinula. … as well as atmospheric carbon dioxide. Summary Researchers sequenced 11 samples from Asia–Australasia and 13 …
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… bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The Science To better understand how beneficial … (symbionts) are transmitted between host generations, researchers investigated the role that bacteria living within … with the fungi and bacteria, while the DOE JGI team sequenced and annotated a host genome (Rm ATCC 52813) as …
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… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … help solve energy and environmental challenges. In 2009, researchers at the JGI and the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean … cell (seen here in a glass capillary), researchers sequenced and assembled the first complete genome of an …
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… New Graduate Internship Program Builds Bridges Between DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome …
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… of the University of California, Santa Barbara. They join eight other JGI users already serving on the UEC – go here to view the full roster of members. … base, including both university and national laboratory researchers. This will help the JGI shape its programs, …
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