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Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great …

Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been … So a few years ago, when they set out to analyze 500 metagenomes, it was the biggest project the JGI had ever put … next 3 episodes are the story behind that giant assembly from Lake Mendota. In this episode: the software evolution …

DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of … to see what research is like at JGI. After graduating from UC Merced, this experience will help them direct their …

Science Program gives researchers access to all kinds of sequencing, ‘omics and bioinformatics capabilities — and … later on in the spring. In this episode, hear proposal tips from Tanja Woyke, who runs user programs at the JGI, and …

This series is the story of a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In this episode: a look at … — Summit and Frontier — that process terabytes of data with MetaHipMer2. And the National Energy Research …

Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the atmosphere. This episode, researchers take a look at …

Torrres have looked into traits that could transfer from grasses into other crops.  One grass they studied just …

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 … it’s possible that fungal communities — or enzymes from fungal communities — could pave the way for many …

Three stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient cycles. … Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on communities of forest floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into seagrass meadows' carbon sequestration with insights from Adam Healey and Xiao Ma. And Karen Serrano and Benjamin …

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 … changing planet. In this short audio production, we’ll hear from Ed Hall, an ecologist at Colorado State University in …

… laboratory ecosystems to help transition microbiome science from largely observational to reproducible mechanistic … studies.  This conference is inspired by the vision of standardized fabricated ecosystems (EcoFABs) designed for precise manipulation and reproducible …