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… Institute for Biotechnology (HudsonAlpha), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE … in North America that has been the target of extensive natural sampling and field experiments due to its potential … (in this case, a plant’s complete genetic makeup) and 10 common gardens. We discovered that 8X populations have …

… 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, … Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi from the School of Natural Sciences and started a program that offered a … Opportunities Center coordinator Jorge Arroyo lauded the partnership. Sindi also shared a message from Betsy Dumont , …

… Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced worked closely with JGI … that contribute to the larger mission of the U.S. Department of Energy. Students also worked with their mentors … — from implementing new data visualization tools, to using natural language processing techniques to categorize genetic …

… over 2500 fungal genomes in the JGI MycoCosm portal. In 2018, he launched scale-up of algal geomics and PhycoCosm … by anaerobic fungi.  Nature Microbiol. 8(4):596-610. Nelson et al (2022) Wildfire-dependent changes in soil … al (2021) Anaerobic gut fungi are an untapped reservoir of natural products. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. …

… base pairs of sequence; by 2023, that number was almost 717 trillion. Last year, the JGI surpassed three Petabases of … experiment from the highly-studied Lake Mendota is told as part of a three-part series of our  Genome Insider podcast … resources of the JGI, NERSC and ExaBiome teams. Part 1: Many, Many Mers — While biologists were out sampling Lake …

… Students & Postdocs – $200 Regular Rates (begin September 19, 2026) General & Berkeley Lab Attendee – $300 Students & … and Applications (VEGA) symposium will take place November 18-19, 2026 on the UC Berkeley campus. Organized every two … viral diversity, understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic …

… out of the green pods in every direction. There are 100 million families around the world whose livelihoods … team including researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE … to other plant genomes. “Globally, cotton is the premier natural fiber crop of the world, a major oilseed crop, and …

… of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science.” Less than 6,200 researchers working in 21 fields appear on the list, and those from the JGI are: … Kerrie Barry , Jane Grimwood , and  Jeremy Schmutz were part of a consortium that  released a very high quality …

… presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE … Systems Biology (QSB) Group under the School of Natural Sciences (SNS). During his eight weeks at the DOE … Travis Lawrence. Olmstead and Lawrence were the first participants in the DOE JGI/University of California, Merced …

… using a targeted approach that focused on the gene rich part of the genome by harnessing information from a … modern sugarcane cultivars are hybrids, each with more than 100 chromosomes; assembling a sugarcane genome is incredibly complex given its estimated size of 10 billion bases (more than three times the size of the …