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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 occur in April: the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. Since …

… Sustainable Berkeley Lab maintains a  calendar of Earth Month events throughout April. This year, a new … work at Berkeley Lab, Doina Ciobanu generally works at a single-cell level as part of the JGI MicroScale Applications team. … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel on researching the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant … is Dr. Yi Zhai, and I’m currently working on the effect of plant root exudates in the rhizosphere and microbiome. … The rhizosphere is the area surrounding the roots of a plant in the soil. And I’m specifically working with a …

… well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these algae in a container … dioxide so they can grow, and then harvest for use as biofuels and other bioproducts. As any good cook knows, … This research was supported by the Bioenergy Technology Office (BETO) within the Department of Energy’s Office of …

… 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 most of the rest of the 200-plus Zoom participants. While the … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that “taught” … a computer how to classify 101 representative genomes of Dothideomycetes, the largest class of fungi, by … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… key role is to design, benchmark, and apply bioinformatics software to enable analysis and interpretation of genomic and metagenomic data for JGI’s user community. … for user science and projects through implementation of advanced analysis pipelines and tools as well as …

… Congratulations to the proposers of the 19 proposals selected for the 2023 Community Science Program call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office …

…   Each year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from reseachers who … synthesis and omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function. Tapping into these functions … to use them for engineering applications in support of advancing the bioeconomy.  This year’s project goals …

… Michelle O’Malley and Tom Lankiewicz of UC Santa Barbara discuss the importance of studying anaerobic fungi, as well as a recent discovery … head and opens up a new avenue to explore for efficient biofuel production. …