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… chemical factories. They hold genetic blueprints for dozens of complex compounds, but stay largely dormant under standard conditions. As described in a recent issue of mSystems , scientists found that adding salt to the … The team also identified previously unknown promoter sequences within these gene clusters, offering new …

… Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and …   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass breakdown. They’ve spent millions of years evolving tactics against potential threats. …

… more about PhycoCosm, the largest interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative … by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a US Department of Energy Office of Science user facility at Berkeley Lab. …

… uniquely powerful in helping scientists link plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — had an unexpected …

… In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never published in the literature. These … and Mark Soghomonian share what it was like to take on one of these genomes.  …

… 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 … also do some computational analyses at their desks. As part of the DOE JGI’s efforts to promote diversity and inclusion …

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

… In   April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25.  On March … at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is located in one of those counties. The shelter-in-place order has since been … In this brief captioned video, JGI Chief Informatics Officer Kjiersten Fagnan reflects on the personal and …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … Audio Two special days occur in April: the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. Since … stressors, um, alter microbial biomass and then what the consequences are for the ecosystem. ALISON:  So, Ed is trying …

… The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley …

… JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the … Twenty years after the JGI united the genomics expertise of three national labs in one long building at Walnut Creek, … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …