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In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never published in the literature. These students analyze the genomes, write reports, and publish first-author papers, making the data …

Dr. Frederik Schulz joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016 and is leading … and biogeochemical cycles. He provides his expertise to the JGI user community and supports various user projects in the … in the era of genome-resolved metagenomics. Nature Reviews Microbiology 20: 721 Volland, J.-M. et al. 2022. A …

Mr. Schmutz’s involvement with the DOE Joint Genome Institute dates back … simple yeasts to large vertebrate genomes.  For the past 13 years, Mr. Schmutz has directed the JGI Plant Program, focusing on the organization of community …

On July 30, UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted to the end of a nine-week virtual internship. The celebration was preceded by … with each intern’s interests or educational goals.  This year’s internship program was remote in its entirety due to …

Congratulations to the JGI’s Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American … of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in the Class of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The … Biology Division of the Lab’s Biosciences Area since 2018. Woyke also holds appointments as Adjunct Scientist at …

Notes from the Summer 2018 Biotech Partners Interns from Antioch High School. … higher education and access to fulfilling science careers, JGI hosted five students from Antioch High School this …

Igor Grigoriev from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, found that the … Olpidium zoospores remained largely untouched until seven years later. In 2018, as members of the ZyGoLife consortium …

JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in … ENCODE project known as FUNCODE. “We noticed a few years ago that there is no shortage of fungal genomes … functional interpretation is as tough as it has been 10 years ago,” he said. “We thought about reconstructing gene …

… has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program is to harness the … has supported over 250 projects since it started. At the JGI, Dr. Yoshikuni also manages the Synthetic Biology … biochemistry in microorganisms from hidden corners. Nature Review Microbiology , 2022 DeMirci et al. Intersubunit …

Puerto Nuevo is a small town along the Baja California coastline in Mexico. While conducting early field studies related … Merced graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan and alumnus of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program, first sampled the … “Being a JGI-UC Merced Intern during the summer of my first year as a Ph.D. student significantly, and positively, …

Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … but we knew the families,” Kyrpides said. Yet, “almost 20 years of metagenomic data and metagenomic analysis, and …

A metagenomic look at the soil microbes present a year after a wildfire. The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of … and growth.  This study builds on the pyrophilous fungi the JGI has previously sequenced , and provides a powerful …