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Gary Trubl, a virologist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, wants to understand how viruses impact the …

Every fall, a mysterious green growth appears on top of farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might …

… a bioenergy plant? Meet Miscanthus , an attractive addition to your garden and a potential fuel for the future. But, … upgrades. In this episode, hear from scientists working on understanding Miscanthus biology and the economic terrain to help make the plant a viable alternative …

Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at … America: guayule.  This episode was made in collaboration with our friends at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.       …

This series is the story of a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In this episode: a look at the … with the assembler program MetaHipMer2. Oak Ridge National Lab is home to two supercomputers — Summit and Frontier …

Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that …

… need corn, sorghum and other crops to grow well in worse conditions: with more heat, less water and less fertilizer. Grasses do better in these conditions, so plant biologists James Schable, Guangchao Sun …

Three stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient cycles. Francis Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on communities of forest floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into seagrass meadows' carbon sequestration …

Register here Book your stay at the conference venue This inaugural event will bring together … and applying laboratory ecosystems to help transition microbiome science from largely observational to reproducible mechanistic studies.  This conference …

Committee (UEC) – Jack Gilbert, Ashley Shade, and Jason Stajich! They join six other JGI users already serving on the UEC – go here to view the full roster of members. Each of the researchers had their own reasons for wishing to serve on the UEC. For microbial ecologist …

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 … order.     … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …