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Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced worked closely with JGI scientists on …

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

What grass is a prized ornamental and a bioenergy plant? Meet Miscanthus , … 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, …

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

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 …

The JGI’s Community 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 …

Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes … Tag along with their experiments in a fully enclosed, human-made ecosystem: Biosphere 2.      …

… 2022 marks the JGI’s 25th anniversary. Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … it’s possible that fungal communities — or enzymes from fungal communities — could pave the way for many …

In our warming world, we’ll need corn, sorghum and other crops to grow well in worse conditions: with more … Torrres have looked into traits that could transfer from grasses into other crops.  One grass they studied just …