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… of the IGB, home of the DOE Joint Genome Institute. To navigate virtual tours of each floor, click and drag to look … zoom in and out. 1st floor 2nd floor 3rd and 4th Floors The JGI mural on the 3rd floor whimsically references dozens of iconic JGI contributions to advancing the frontiers of …

Natural Prodcast is a “fireside chat”-style podcast about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. … to medicine, the environment, and human health. As the JGI acts on its goals in — and builds out its capabilities …

… library approach to tuning gene expression in metabolic pathways. Compared to the traditional way, which leverages an … lead to sustainable pathways for making high-value bioproducts including biofuels. In addition, the team says that … systems, expanding the technologies available for other JGI users outside the realm of bioenergy optimization. …

… a tiny, single-celled alga – Chlamydomonas reinhardtii – that’s managed to have a big impact. UC Berkeley plant biologist Sabeeha Merchant explains why … alga, how researchers managed to sequence its genome, and what it has to teach us about other organisms – like plants. [ …

Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy … years ago, cyanobacteria acquired the ability to produce their own food and generate oxygen as a byproduct. The … of UC Berkeley geomicrobiologist Jill Banfield, a longtime JGI collaborator, postdoctoral fellow Paula Matheus …

… common images in many regions due to more extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts and floods. The planet’s … and the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

Kasey Markel and Patrick Shih (UC Berkeley and the Joint BioEnergy Institute) are looking … how this project unfolded, and how they worked with the JGI's metabolomics program to find out more about these …

… help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . … part of the flora, fire moss has adapted to conditions such as UV irradiation, heavy metal contamination, and … to evolve so rapidly in gene content and structure. He and JGI Plant Program head Jeremy Schmutz already see how …

… for fly fishing is a boxful of lures. Designed with feathers or wires to mimic an insect or a particular movement, … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … the researchers also hooked and were able to reconstruct a high-quality draft co-assembled genome for a new genus …

Since 2019 Dr. Blaby heads the DNA synthesis platform at the Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three … biology and functional genomics. Prior to joining the JGI, he was a group lead at Brookhaven National Laboratory … and post-doctoral positions at University of Florida and UCLA he has worked with a wide range of eukaryotic algae, …

JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in sequences … features and functions. Making connections between the structures and functions of the genes encoded in the genome … for reconstructing gene regulatory networks.” To learn more about how researchers have used JGI capabilities …