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…   The JGI is excited to announce the 18 scientists selected for our 2025 Community Science Program Annual Call. These projects include cutting-edge research into microbial communities — from …

Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More than two … development of multicellular organisms. Not all bacterial lineages harnessed aerobic respiration when the Cyanobacteria did; contemporaries Melainabacteria and Sericytochromatia, members of the same clade …

Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal lineages. The Science By comparing 135 fungal sequenced genomes, researchers were able to carry out a broader analysis than had ever been done …

Analysis reveals the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, … site. The chemical PCE (perchloroethylene) found its way into the groundwater of several communities in New Mexico via …

… land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key …

More than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, JGI’s Zhong Wang and Science Programs …

… enabled by the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes do, how they work, and applying … more than 10 papers, including two Nature Plants publications, in five years, have come out of the …

Congratulations to the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers at the JGI! They are … those recognized by Clarivate Analytics as “true pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The first step in the deadly …

New Graduate Internship Program Builds Bridges Between DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. … was back on campus at the University of California, Merced to start orientation as a first-year graduate student in the …

Through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo Kaze, Akshay Paropkari, Vicente Ramirez and Rhondene Wint had summer 2018 internships in Walnut Creek. The … of the internship program. Candace Cole, UC Merced JGI Mentors : Ben Cole & Axel Visel, Genomics of Plant-Microbial …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements … that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and …