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… to provide our colleagues with a visual representation of JGI PPE requirements. When working in the lab, it is … and remind our colleagues to do the same. Check out our JGI trendsetters below to see examples of appropriate PPE, … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… Outreach at JGI takes many forms: We offer internship opportunities … opportunities and ultimately, an understanding of the JGI’s role in enabling complex biological and environmental … The JGI and UC Merced have had a long-standing internship … Modeled on the JGI-UC Merced internship program, a similar collaboration …

… the ability to break down hardy plant cell walls and therefore hold clues to how humans could do the same on an … that can’t be cultured by analyzing and then extrapolating data obtained from environmental samples — to identify over … of rumen-digested switchgrass, researchers isolated and sequenced DNA from rumen microbes involved in the digestion …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number … it, viruses are most likely in your system and in your data, and they’re probably influencing the microbes there,” … challenges, characterizing viruses is a key step. For decades, though, many viruses have been somewhat …

… This summer, the DOE JGI hosted 10 interns who came from a wide range of … Many of them spent the summer crunching genomic data at a computer; a few had the opportunity to spend time … analyses at their desks. As part of the DOE JGI’s efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the sciences, …

… to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who was recently selected as the 2025 recipient of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Roux leads the Viral Genomics group …

… and cyanobacteria create the air we breathe and the fuel for food webs as they turn carbon dioxide and water into … of that machine — photosynthesizers’ DNA and RNA. These sequences provide a list of machine parts, and an idea of … or DRI for short.  A kaleidoscope of structure-function data To study DRI experimentally, Blaby-Haas, Grosjean and …

… other oceans. That zinc turns out to be extremely important for polar phytoplankton.  After peering into the function … collaboration, in 2017, they published the first genome sequence of a cold-adapted microalga: the diatom … his team then linked those species-level observations with data on microalgal communities across different ocean …

… help regulate the global carbon cycle — fixing, transforming, and respiring carbon. Understanding the metabolisms … of SAR324 cells and their gene expression, the team then sequenced community genomes and expressed gene transcripts … cells of the uncultivated SAR324. The constellation of data gave the team unprecedented resolution to study the …