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Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced worked closely with JGI scientists on research projects that contribute to the larger mission of the U.S. Department of Energy. Students also worked with …

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

Miscanthus will need some upgrades. In this episode, hear from scientists working on understanding Miscanthus biology …

This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve covered the specialized software and supercomputers behind this project. But every …

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 …

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 …

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 …