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Inspiring STEM Careers Through a Hands-on Everglades Microbiome Study
… ranging from wetlands to tree islands to cattails. In 2018, the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … JGI staff conducted several real-time, video-conferenced seminars with the class. The 18 students organized and … through the processes of DNA sequencing, metagenome assembly, and even an introduction to data analysis using the  …
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“A STEM career is in reach and accessible”
Notes from the Summer 2018 Biotech Partners Interns from Antioch High School. …
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Population genomics provides insights into the genetic basis of adaptive evolution in the mushroom-forming fungus Lentinula edodes
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The Aquilegia genome provides insight into adaptive radiation and reveals an extraordinarily polymorphic chromosome with a unique history
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Hot springs viruses at Yellowstone National Park have ancient origins and are adapted to thermophilic hosts
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Adaptation to Environmental Extremes Structures Functional Traits in Biological Soil Crust and Hypolithic Microbial Communities
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The Case for Conservation
… the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including Antarctica where it is a major part of the flora, fire moss … The moss genomes’ metabolic pathways could lead to the discovery of genes that could be used for multiple … of the U.S. Department of Energy under contract no. DE-AC02-05CH11231. …
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Natural Prodcast Episode 22: Alison Narayan
… the biological properties that these molecules have and discover what’s possible from them. Because we have all of … need calories from somewhere. If it’s not free pizza at the seminar, then it’s going to have to be the candy corn. … Tropolone Synthesis”, (preprint)  ChemRxiv.  2023.   doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-lvngd “Enabling Broader …
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Partnering with CalTeach – Training the Next Generation STEM Workforce
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JGI on the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers List
Congratulations to the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers at the JGI! They are among … with a reference switchgrass genome to associate climate adaptations with switchgrass biology. The information could … & Applications (VEGA) Symposium series. The online seminars foster discussion on how to best capture and …
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JGI@25: Cow Rumen and the Early Days of Metagenomics
In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that … these approaches that are still vital to facilitate the assembly of small DNA fragments into larger and coherent … of those genes were actually tested in the 2011 paper. In 2015, the study’s dataset became material for a hands-on …
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Fields of Breeders’ Dreams: A Team Effort Toward Targeted Crop Improvements
… from half of the United States. As  reported January 27, 2021 in  Nature , the team led by researchers at the … has allowed the research team to associate climate adaptations with switchgrass biology, information that could … existing plantings, and then trying to leverage these discoveries to better understand how plants tolerate stresses …
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