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The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why each … we look for novel research projects — aligned with DOE missions and from PIs who have not led any previously-accepted … savviness of microbial ecosystems at the forest floor and along ocean shores. Their results could bring key insights …

… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical … Mike Wilkins and his graduate student Kaela Amundson at Colorado State University have many questions about the microbial communities deep underground, and …

Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants conquer land over 600 million years … them to adapt to life on land. Learning that these genetic tools existed in close algal relatives  to terrestrial … discovered that ancient algae already possessed genetic tools to cope with environmental stresses such as drought …

… data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a … RNA to understand gene expression, and developed new tools to map that soil RNA to fungal genomes.  The U.S. … pipelines that other teams can use around the world. These tools give researchers a way to access much more information …

April marks both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to our JGI …

Flavia Winck Vischi, Jennifer Wisecaver, Yaqi You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the … Community Science Program , allows us to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers whose work …

Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … type-strain deposits. All of these genome sequences and the tools to compare them are available on the JGI’s Integrated … follow up work, but also maintains various bioinformatic tools and comprehensive curated databases, including …

… metagenomics studies. The Science Researchers demonstrated the value of conducting large-scale single cell … advances in sequencing technologies and bioinformatic tools have helped decode the genomes of tens of thousands of … Such techniques take advantage of bioinformatics tools for  extracting snippets of microbial genomes directly …

As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 Annual Meeting featured speakers who shared a … the Human Genome Project out to the future of the institution. Their talks shed light on how the JGI was established, … in his 25th Anniversary presentation. “Those driven by new tools and those driven by new concepts.” Patrinos went on to …

… high-performance computing resources, an upcoming hackathon led by the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility … Office of Science user facility, aims to explore applications in the life sciences that can be ported to the GPU … Officer Kjiersten Fagnan of the upcoming event. “The tools we use to process and analyze these data are diverse …

Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global methane production. They are thought to use billions of tons of the carbon …

… strategic plan outlines how the JGI will advance the bioeconomy, leveraging partnerships to advance foundational … expect to offer our user community an exciting range of new tools and capabilities to support their scientific … Standardizing and streamlining the JGI’s data systems and tools, as well as interweaving those efforts into a wider …