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This summer, the DOE JGI hosted 10 interns who came from a wide range of backgrounds. Many of them spent the summer crunching genomic data at a …

After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products and their derivatives during her Ph.D. in Microbiology at the Eberhard Karls …

The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the … are sources of natural products, and have potential as biofuel feedstocks. Understanding the genetic underpinnings …

The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the … are sources of natural products, and have potential as biofuel feedstocks. Understanding the genetic underpinnings …

Puerto Nuevo is a small town along the Baja California coastline in Mexico. While conducting early field studies related … UC Merced graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan and alumnus of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program, first … 2016.  She described the microbial diversity patterns of Puerto Nuevo’s coastal waters and sediment with …

Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in the Class of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The selection process …

New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a … It’s the cellulose and hemicellulose that eventually yield fuels, and removing lignin in order to do so is a …

… less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around … of Science of the US Department of Energy operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. Field sampling was supported …

… with C. richardii The Science Fern genomes are huge, and incredibly complex — making it difficult to grasp a deeper understanding of fundamental aspects of fern biology and, more broadly, … can inform the efficient production of plant-based biofuels and bioproducts.  Summary A recent paper published in …

For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) … (for DNA sequencing and assembly); by a three-year subcontract to DA, FL, and FD (for bioinformatics) from a DOE …

A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements metagenomics studies. The … a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. This work was supported in …

UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted to the end of a nine-week virtual internship. The celebration was preceded by … JGI staff. According to Axel Visel and Zhong Wang, founders of this internship program, this was the largest turnout for …