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Through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo Kaze, Akshay Paropkari, … of Plant-Microbial Interactions “The summer internship has further confirmed by desire to pursue a STEM career, … by passionate scientists working on interdisciplinary projects. I feel inspired to pursue a career in STEM. …

Lawrence Livermore National Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and …

What if we understood plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments … are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. …

Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria (phototrophs) … (DP150100244) and the Australian Antarctic Science program (project 4031). The work conducted by the US Department of …

Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically … oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest their last leafy meal. In their evolutionary history, these fungi … clearly have unexpected chemical potential. … This research project was supported by a grant from Santa Barbara Cottage …

Dr. Yasuo Yoshikuni has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science … and applications. This program has supported over 250 projects since it started. At the JGI, Dr. Yoshikuni also … Engineering … DNA Synthesis Science Program … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …

… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship … Merced. What started with 2 interns in the summer of 2014 has grown to a total of 75 with the inclusion of the 2023 … partnership had become a “model” of sorts at the Lab. “This project represents part of our long term efforts to …

A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial … environments? Now, a recent study published in Microbiome has uncovered that SAR324 encompasses four subgroups, adapted … out that, without the JGI, the discoveries made in this project wouldn’t have been possible. Scientists hadn’t known …

Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and … samples around the world, resulting in a five-fold increase of RNA virus diversity. “The world of viruses around us … viruses,” said Simon Roux , a JGI scientist and one of the project co-leads. “But same as DNA viruses, RNA viruses …

Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 … they set out to analyze 500 metagenomes, it was the biggest project the JGI had ever put together.  The next 3 episodes …

In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint Genome … specific procedure.” The rapport they built during this project and others (including the dissertation that preceded …

In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never … (California State San Marcos) about how the Adopt-A-Genome project got started. Plus, Kalyani Maitra (California State … two students, Angela and Mark Soghomonian share what it was like to take on one of these genomes.  …