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… 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 … Lab tenure, Ray kept the 50-year-old Walnut Creek functioning at a high level as JGI transitioned from the …
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In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint … and the oilseed crop false flax – genomes that have been sequenced by the JGI – and the common strawberry, which is … clearly identifies the four subgenomes based on non-genic sequences.” In his words, the history of the strawberry is …
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… mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel on researching the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant … to gain hands-on experience in molecular biology and plant functional genomics, because this work is essential for … Ti’Yanna Watson: The best part about interning here is the community aspect. Everyone here has also been so very nice …
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… just one research proposal. Guest speaker Michelle O’Malley of UC Santa Barbara talked about how her approved FICUS … Collaborations for User Science” (FICUS) program. Letters of Intent are due March 17, 2021. Q&A from the Webinar: … on the proposal call page. Feel free to reach out to any of them with questions. Q: Apart from instrumental support, …
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… archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global … the microbes into small pools of cells that were then sequenced separately. From these samples, 111 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) were recovered, most of …
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… group. His research interests lie in use and development of bioinformatics tools for elucidation of biosynthetic gene clusters in bacteria and fungi. Prior … JGI, he spent time as a faculty member at the University of Rhode Island, as a Senior Scientist at Warp Drive Bio, …
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… from the other JGI Portals, as well. “For thousands of scientists around the world, the JGI Genome Portal is a critical resource — it provides access to all of JGI’s genomic databases and tools,” noted Kjiersten … It includes several user-validated features and updated functionality, such as: The ability to select data by type …
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… in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade.” … understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity toward … the NeLLi 2021 Symposium: From New Lineages of Life to New Functions. The seminars focus on experimental innovations, …
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… ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with … surface where algae grow. Armed with a better understanding of the alga’s stress resistance and ability to adapt to … to better manage the growth, yield and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass …
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… his backyard in Tennessee — the birds are chirping and a soft breeze ripples through the trees in his backyard. Originally from northern California and one of the first students to participate in the DOE Joint Genome … research related to how bacteria that colonize the roots of sphagnum work to transfer their thermotolerance …
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… closely with staff to understand the data-intensive nature of JGI workloads. Dr. Fagnan was appointed CIO of the JGI in 2016, and in 2018 was hired to be the JGI’s … Informatics department head. In 2018, Dr. Fagnan was part of the Gordon Bell prize winning team at the Supercomputing …
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… to stay informed … The JGI and EMSL are U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national scientific user facilities … and environmental science. They provide the scientific community access to cutting-edge capabilities for …
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