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… is the story of a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In this episode: a look at the supercomputing that stitches together large datasets with the assembler …

… Dr. Rokhsar joined the JGI in 2000 as the founding Associate Director for Computational … and animals by combining computational genome analysis, sequence-based genetic methods, and comparative … AB in Physics, Princeton University, NJ MS in Theoretical Physics, Cornell …

… In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never published in the literature. These students analyze the genomes, write …

… Mi Yan, Deanna Beatty)    Vision  Lead AI-driven genomic innovation to advance biotechnology. Mission  As a U.S. … by the Biological and Environmental Research program, the Joint Genome Institute provides advanced genomic capabilities, …

… of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and … The authors acknowledge their funding sources: Office of Biological and Environmental Research … of the U.S. Department of Energy grant DE-SC0020420 (MAO), Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies grants …

… This summer, the DOE JGI hosted 10 interns who came from a wide range of backgrounds. Many of them spent the summer crunching genomic data at a computer; a few had the opportunity to spend time out in the field, work at the lab bench, and also do some …

… Community Science Program gives researchers access to all kinds of sequencing, ‘omics and bioinformatics capabilities — and it’s open … environment several times a year. A few proposal calls have deadlines coming up – in January, March, and later on in the …

… highlights notable research and scientific collaborations in 2018. The cover is an image of Mono Lake, a saline soda lake east of California’s Yosemite National Park, … own Jon Bertsch. Microbes isolated from Mono Lake were sequenced by the JGI (isolates here , here and here ), and …

… the JGI user community and is responsible for providing input and advice on JGI policies and practices that affect … procedures and the organization of the JGI Annual Meeting. Any investigator who has been an active user of the JGI …

… Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) hosted a pitch event promoting fully-supported summer research collaborations through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Visiting Faculty Program (VFP) . The VFP is a summer professional development program for current faculty. Applying faculty members may invite up to two student …

… Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , researchers focused on … framework provided by these high quality reference genome sequences could help researchers better understand related …

… In   April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth … 22, and DNA Day on April 25.  On March 17, 2020, a shelter-in-place order for all residents took effect in six San Francisco Bay Area counties. The JGI, located at … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …