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… Over the years, hundreds of interns have come to the JGI from all parts of the globe to gain lab experience and contribute to ongoing projects. In one way or another, they’ve all mentioned how invaluable their time at the JGI was and how great it was to have an …

… Chloroplast mimic a platform to capture and utilize carbon in a synthetic fixation cycle. The Science Chloroplasts … it as a sustainable resource for making high-value bioproducts. As a step toward the long-term goal, researchers are … them to test composition variants. Summary In the  May 8, 2020 issue of  Science , a team led by Tobias Erb, director …

… Congratulations to Jane Grimwood, who has been appointed the … Genome Sequencing Center. Grimwood heads the Library Construction group for the JGI Plant Program . Her collaborations … Cited Researchers list assembly by Clarivate Analytics. In 2020, she was named a Yellowhammer Woman of Impact.     …

… The JGI Engagement Webinar held November 5, 2020 (watch the  video below, captions are available) spotlighted the metabolomic analysis … are strongly sorbed to the clays. Sandy soils are much more likely to work well for metabolomics.  Q:  What … of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in …

… viruses. The Science In the last thirty years, in environments all over the world, scientists have discovered giants among viruses. Now categorized in their own phylum,  Nucleocytoviricota , these giant viruses boast larger genomes … This work was conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, …

… Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, after completing a petascale postdoctoral … Microbiome Data Collaborative where she leads infrastructure and user-centered design efforts. Dr. Fagnan was on … Kjiersten Fagnan is the JGI's Chief Informatics Officer. Click to learn more about …

… joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address wide-ranging questions existing in biology. He holds joint appointments as a … at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley. Dr. Pennacchio received his Ph.D in 1998 from …

… In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , researchers focused on the full composition of genes, or pangenome, of the model … As the planet has changed, so have plants. Curious about their ability to adapt to changing environments, scientists … to their environments, two gene families—peroxidases and nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeats (NLRs) —stood out for …