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… bioenergy and environmental objectives. … BS – University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Chemical Engineering Ph. D. – … State University, Tempe, Chemical Engineering Post-doctoral positions – Arizona State University, Bioengineering & … Excellence Award 2016 R&D 100 Winner 2014 Berkeley Lab Director’s Award for Exceptional Achievement 2012 UC Berkeley, …

This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from … In the last two episodes, we’ve covered the specialized software and supercomputers behind this project. But every … project depends on lakewater samples — so this episode is a look at how researchers get these specialized snapshots of a …

New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science … fungi are part of the genus Lentinula, which have evolved to decompose hardwoods on every continent besides Europe and Antarctica. A  new analysis takes a  genomic look at Lentinula samples from around the world. By complete …

Developed in 2017, the PDT was established in part to help better-connect industry to JGI resources, as well as … works closely with the Berkeley Lab Intellectual Property Office to facilitate these new interactions.  The PDT … Click to learn more.   … SPPs enable research funded by an Industry partner to perform a defined scope of work …

… for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national user facilities—the  Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and the  DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)—have … to understand biological and environmental processes across temporal and spatial scales. EMSL leads the …

Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key … out of the atmosphere. This episode, researchers take a look at what happens to that storage when a rainforest hits …

Metagenome-assembled archaeal genomes provide new insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea likely played a key … Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) database maintained by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome …

This series is the story of a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In this episode: a look at the supercomputing that stitches together large …

… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship internship program between the DOE Joint … What started with 2 interns in the summer of 2014 has grown to a total of 75 with the inclusion of the 2023 cohort. Each … has started a new position as the Senior Manager, Machine Learning at Pilot Flying J. Nathaniel Brown was a 2022 …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science … effort. So I had a PhD student named Brian Wolff. He was looking at the invertebrate communities upstream and …

… world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel. The fungus  Phakopsora pachyrhizi … causes Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) and is the major pathogen of soybean. Left uncontrolled, soybean rust could reduce crop yields by as much as 90 percent. As part of the DOE Joint Genome …

… reference quality genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science … most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the … together a puzzle without necessarily knowing the final image. In contrast, assembling the sugarcane genome was more …