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… During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent … research projects, hone science presentation skills, and participate in professional development enrichment activities. For some … Blurring the Line Between Plasmids and Phages … Polymorphisms Created by Transposable Elements …

… Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately identify mobile genetic elements like … to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. … Lead Nikos Kyrpides at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at …

… Monitoring Inter-Organism Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest portfolio of approved proposals highlight biodiversity and how … (CSP) call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… Massie S. Ballon is the Communications and Outreach Manager at the JGI. Through multi-platform … and outreach efforts, the team aims to broaden awareness of and access to JGI public resources and the DOE mission, … and collaborators.  Ms. Ballon is a molecular biology-trained science communicator with extensive experience shaping …

… a virologist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, wants to understand how viruses impact the release of greenhouse gases from Arctic permafrost. But to see what they’re doing, he first needs their DNA.   …

…   The JGI is excited to announce the 18 scientists selected for our 2025 Community Science Program Annual Call. These projects include cutting-edge research into microbial communities — … degradation.  “We are  very excited to see the outcome of the innovative research  being proposed by this year’s …

… In   April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25.  On March 17, 2020, a … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… a single protein. Recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers … – in two species of green algae, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Chromochloris zofingiensis . “I was scrutinizing the … Laboratory, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter … Information, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of … So a few years ago, when they set out to analyze 500 metagenomes, it was the biggest project the JGI had ever put …

… Life as we know it wouldn’t exist without cyanobacteria; they began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study …

… Meet researchers who have hiked, rafted and met local wildlife (a marmot!) as they’ve sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. These lakes are isolated, …