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… and seven graduate students from UC Merced through their long standing internship program. In just two months, the students participated in networking workshops, … ” Anna Kucherova : “I got to learn about skills and tools that I’d never done before from my mentors. Also, …

Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of Chytridiomycota (the … A collaborative team led by Joey Spatafora at Oregon State University, Jason Stajich at the University of … genome and transcriptome data were generated, bioinformatic tools for binning metagenome data involved with mainly …

Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their … their base state, they are diploids with two genome copies, one from each parent. Having three or more genome copies …

JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in sequences affect traits. In a text file, the rows of … G appearing over and over in a dizzying array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the absence of all … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). And one of the tools that researchers can apply to study the transcription …

… team  announced in  Nature Microbiology an important addition to the synthetic biologist’s toolkit: a technique for  c hassis (or strain)-independent  … such as individual genes, whole pathways, genome-editing tools, and reporters.” JGI-developed genetic engineering …

For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a written report that is published in … research, written skill, above all else, determination. Rhondene Wint, an alumna of the DOE Joint Genome … predictor of gene expression levels using machine learning tools. “This was very exciting to see how Rhondene not only …

Accepted proposals emphasize JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  … of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). The accepted proposals come … thousand Actinobacteria strains and then use computational tools to analyze biosynthetic gene clusters and then develop …

Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter … Advances in sequencing technologies and computational tools have uncovered a diversity of viruses that infect not …

… regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called … therefore play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their potential contributions to a sustainable bioeconomy, including, …

… polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are microscopic, photosynthetic … important cold-water communities of algae with warm-adapted ones, a trend that threatens to destabilize the delicate … microscopic photosynthesizing organisms called phytoplankton (from the Greek phyto for ‘plant’ and planktos for …

… recognize that crop varieties grow best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their local environments; for example, crop and ornamental seeds sold for the … puzzle with just 50 pieces. The combination of new genetic tools and experimental gardens allow researchers to detect …

For the last 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. On July 1, 2020, that all changed. Ray’s vigilant …