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…   Save the Date: March 16–18, 2027 The next JGI Annual Meeting will be held in March 2027 at the Oakland … this page as further details become available. Sign up for our newsletter to receive updates.    … Stefani Ferreira , JGI Administrative and Logistics Support  …

… past billion years, fungi have spread quietly throughout our planet. From the deepest ocean floors to Antarctic … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI)’s Fungal and Algal Science Program and JGI users have been at the forefront of … crucial but uncharacterized functions. The challenge facing scientists is both logistical and analytical. How can the …

… Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired six UC Merced … program. (Graduated from UC Merced in Spring 2019.) Mentor: Ben Cole, Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions What …

… on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a … be the first publicly available, river-focused microbial resource that provides information at multiple scales from … systems, these communities remain understudied. Through the JGI’s Community Science Program, Colorado State University …

… S. Ballon is the Communications and Outreach Manager at the JGI. Through multi-platform stories and outreach efforts, … aims to broaden awareness of and access to JGI public resources and the DOE mission, as well as help cultivate the … collaborators.  Ms. Ballon is a molecular biology-trained science communicator with extensive experience shaping …

… to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput gene-editing tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications. … goal of producing sustainable fuels from alternative sources. Moreover, the team says the approach they used to …

… that single beam. When it comes to microbial communities, scientists have historically been unable to see beyond the … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … diversity has doubled, but in reality it could be three or four or five or tenfold more out there.” Digging Further into …

… mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic entities … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), with computing resources provided by NERSC, another user facility at Berkeley … genomics of MGEs and their evolution at the cellular level, scientists can better understand ecosystem-wide processes. …

… to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the genomes of algae? You now have one … of its kind, with an interactive browser that allows algal scientists and enthusiasts to look deep into more than 100 … They play key roles in global carbon cycling, are sources of natural products, and have potential as biofuel …

… growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual … effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of scientists studied what happens to the tree’s physical … as secreted proteins. However,  M. elongata  seems to encourage the plant to have leakier cell walls and weaker …