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In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never published in the literature. … genomes, write reports, and publish first-author papers, making the data available for future research. Hear from …

… in Mexico. While conducting early field studies related to her thesis on cone snails, UC Merced graduate … noted. “I spent a good portion of 2016 and all of 2017 looking for  C. californicus across the California-Baja … has a number of applications, including pain relief. The microbes in cone snails may be involved in venom activity, …

… 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable … of course, the cells of other organisms. As they infect microbes like bacteria, algae and protists, all kinds of … Viruses rarely grow well in environmental samples brought back to a lab, because they often need unique conditions and …

… feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can thrive in the soil as a … fastest growing hardwood tree in the western United States, making it an energy feedstock of particular interest to the … communication between the plant and fungus. Discovering how microbes can influence plant physiology helps scientists …

… easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists usually employ two different methods; … is through a method called Multiple Displacement Amplification, and most genomes that were acquired through it were … stitch the pieces together and attempt to put them back into the original genomes. These metagenome-assembled …

Congratulations to the 2023 Highly Cited Researchers from the JGI … the study highlights the vast functional diversity of microbes by looking at protein function within them. Kyrpides and Roux …

Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s … to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to North America: …

Data produced and released by the US Department of Energy … Joint Genome Institute (JGI) are subject to the following Data Policy. It is our mission to support open data and … taken all appropriate steps before publishing or otherwise making publicly available use-restricted data. … Read about …

Kasey Markel and Patrick Shih (UC Berkeley and the Joint BioEnergy Institute) are looking for new ways to engineer plants. So they’ve looked into wasps that program oak trees to raise their young in structures …

… down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial … nitrogen-metabolizing enzymes are abundant, and to which microbes they belong. This study provides further insights … in the form of greenhouse gases (e.g., carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide). Summary To do this work, the …

Schmutz’s involvement with the DOE Joint Genome Institute dates back to 1997, when he was working for the Stanford Human … the pipelines for directed finishing and co-led the team that finished the DOE human chromosomes 5, 16, and 19. …

Congratulations to the JGI’s Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to … of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology. Academy Fellows are eminent … methods to access the genetic material of uncultivated microbes and link their genomes to the roles they play in …