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… upended by the pandemic, 2023 gave interns the opportunity to be fully immersed in not only their work, but the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from fellow researchers onsite as well. …

… Trubl, a virologist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, wants to understand how viruses impact the release of greenhouse gases from Arctic permafrost. But to see what they’re doing, he …

… Every fall, a mysterious green growth appears on top of farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might be … researchers Mary Ann Bruns and Terry Bell are digging in to understand how. …

… a bioenergy plant? Meet Miscanthus , an attractive addition to your garden and a potential fuel for the future. But, to be competitive in the market, both energy policy and … Miscanthus will need some upgrades. In this episode, hear from scientists working on understanding Miscanthus biology …

… 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 rubber, but it’s vulnerable to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to North America: guayule.  …

… Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's … 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 …

… The JGI’s Community Science Program gives researchers access to all kinds of sequencing, ‘omics and bioinformatics … — and it’s open to scientists at any career stage, anywhere in the world, for free. We accept new projects related … later on in the spring. In this episode, hear proposal tips from Tanja Woyke, who runs user programs at the JGI, and …

… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute … Roux leads the Viral Genomics group within the JGI Metagenome Program, and coordinates the development of the virus …

… [Pictured from left to right are: [Above] Sara Branco, Asdrubal … [Below] Zac Freedman, Martin Jonikas, Lotus Lofgren, Fumito Maruyama, Lauren Stadler, Tingting Xiang and Sheree Yao. ] ] The JGI welcomed 14 scientists selected for …

… 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 … play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the atmosphere. This episode, researchers take a look at what happens to that storage when a rainforest hits a drought. Tag along …