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Every summer, the flagship JGI-UC Merced Internship Program invites undergraduate and … to engage in real, impactful research projects with JGI mentors. In this episode, hear two interns from the 2021 cohort describe their deep dives into genomics, computational tools, and big data.  …

… genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different lifestyles. The Science The bacterium SAR324 is unusually cosmopolitan. In … pressure of the dark abyss, 4000 m (2.5 miles) deep. Scientists have wondered, how can SAR324 exist in so many …

Three stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient cycles. … from Adam Healey and Xiao Ma. And Karen Serrano and Benjamin Cole explain their research on the symbiotic relationship …

… can work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science Considered the world’s most harvested crop by … The Impact In providing a reference sugarcane  genome , the JGI provides foundational genetic information that crop … cultivar R570 has been generated and  reported in the journal  Nature . The work led by researchers at Australia’s …

… they are symbionts and not free-living organisms. The Science Researchers employed multiple microbiology and … superphylum of extremophilic archaea first outlined by JGI scientists and their collaborators in 2013. While most DPANN … host dependency of Antarctic Nanohaloarchaeota   … From our partners …

Journal publication caps JGI pilot project with fledgling Florida high school scientists. The Florida Everglades evokes images of fanboats … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired six UC Merced … (Graduated from UC Merced in Spring 2019.) Mentor: Ben Cole, Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions What effect …

New 5-year strategic plan outlines how the JGI will advance the bioeconomy, leveraging partnerships to advance foundational science, creating opportunities for the global research … and stimulate a bioeconomy, where renewable, biological resources drive processes, products, and services.  Advancing …

… to the 2023 Highly Cited Researchers from the JGI recognized for their “significant influence in their … ancestors. Tanja Woyke contributed to a study in ISME Journal that identified flagella in the terrestrial ancestors … as a Nature Microbiology study that leveraged population genomics to investigate archaeal hitchhikers and found that, …

… insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for … team. The work was a joint effort led by scientists at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and … to novel traits. M. sinensis is a tetraploid, with four sets of chromosomes; the study showed that these sets …

The IAC is chartered by the JGI Chief Informatics Officer (CIO) and reports to the JGI Director. The IAC is … management and strategic objectives for the JGI’s data science, informatics and information technology (IT) …