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… Later this year, Ian Rambo, a graduate student in Brett Baker’s lab at the … University of Texas at Austin, will defend his dissertation. Some of his research was conducted at the JGI through … wetlands in south Texas,” he explained. “In terms of my project, I wanted to incorporate that CSP, but also look at …
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JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes … single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s population, the number of viruses in the same drop—the vast majority … lineages in the NCLDV group infect mainly protists and algae, and some of them have genomes in the megabase range. …
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… the DOE JGI hosted 10 interns who came from a wide range of backgrounds. Many of them spent the summer crunching genomic … the field, work at the lab bench, and also do some computational analyses at their desks. As part of the DOE JGI’s … worked with Zhong Wang’s group on an aspect of the same project assigned to Sharon and Cristhian; and, Lizhen Shi , …
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The Plant and Animal Genome XXVII Conference (PAG) takes place January 12-16, 2019, in San … the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) will be at Booth 509. Stop by … science opportunities. Learn how to apply for a project with the JGI Community Science Program, and how you …
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Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … who was recently selected as the 2025 recipient of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American Society for Microbiology … as part of the Early Career Research Program (ECRP). His project, “Characterizing Virus-Driven Alterations of …
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… the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately identify mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science … and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found … used computational resources from the Exascale Computing Project (17-SC-20-SC), a collaborative effort of the U.S. …
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In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations … source of both protein and oil was also the largest plant project completed by the JGI. It has since been cited more …
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In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As … University in Fort Collins. He’s part of a JGI-supported project studying the world’s rivers and their microbial …
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On September 1, JGI held a JGI Engagement: Pro Tips for … Successful Community Science Program (CSP) Applications Webinar inviting researchers to submit white papers to the … to reach that maximum with broader questions and broader project scope? A: Focus on strong science and …
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Six new members have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) … of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). They are: Ivan Baxter of the … environments. He’s been involved in several plant genome projects through the Community Science Program. As a UEC …
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The DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted the hybrid “NeLLi 2023 Symposium” delving into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and latest discoveries toward the … Program Tanja Woyke, Microbial Program Robert Bowers, User Project Coordination Rekha Seshadri, Functional Annotation …
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… optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput … at a genetic level, how does Y. lipolytica work? The project was a multi-institutional effort led by …
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