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… The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why twice each year we … for novel research projects — aligned with DOE missions and from PIs who have not led any previously-accepted proposals …

… fields: a microbial community that might be quietly improving the soil. Penn State researchers Mary Ann Bruns and Terry Bell are digging in to understand how. …

… 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 …

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

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

… Community Science Program gives researchers access to all kinds of sequencing, ‘omics and bioinformatics capabilities — and it’s open … later on in the spring. In this episode, hear proposal tips from Tanja Woyke, who runs user programs at the JGI, and …

… 25th anniversary. Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our … challenges.   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass breakdown. They’ve spent millions … it’s possible that fungal communities — or enzymes from fungal communities — could pave the way for many …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth … Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant … changing planet. In this short audio production, we’ll hear from Ed Hall, an ecologist at Colorado State University in …

… Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the atmosphere. This episode, …

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

… research, connected to nutrient cycles. Francis Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on communities of forest floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into seagrass meadows' carbon sequestration with insights from Adam Healey and Xiao Ma. And Karen Serrano and Benjamin …