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This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake … the specialized software and supercomputers behind this project. But every part of this project depends on lakewater samples — so this episode is a …
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… other forms of Chloroflexota that adapted to marine environments hundreds of millions of years ago. The Impact … was done under Contract DE-AC52-07NA2734. Funding for this project was provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation … China (No. 92251302, 91951205, and 31970122). Part of this project was supported by a Natural Sciences and Engineering …
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A former JGI intern is now applying his internship lessons on presentations to peatlands Travis Lawrence sits in … . “There was a lot of freedom to explore,” he recalled. His project involved developing an algorithm and although the … information. According to Lawrence, this summer project aligned with his computational background and …
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… genus Lentinula, which have evolved to decompose hardwoods on every continent besides Europe and Antarctica. A new analysis … award 0000238431 to D.H., the GENOBIOREF (BIO2017-86559-R) project of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation …
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Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their … Plant Biology (Austria); Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben …
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On July 30, UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted … one JGI mentor. Together, they work through a specific project that aligns with each intern’s interests or … in some cases daily, check-ins with their mentors to ensure projects progressed despite the challenges of remote work. …
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… single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s population, the number of viruses in the same drop—the vast majority … to large and even giant. The genomes of giant viruses are on the order of 100 times the size of what has typically been associated with …
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In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint Genome Institute … specific procedure.” The rapport they built during this project and others (including the dissertation that preceded … in genomes.” He’s working with Rokhsar on a newer genome project, and enjoys the fact that he can use what they’ve …
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By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new … — but the experts we were able to work with on this project to ask questions about structure and function,” … work well for in vitro and in vivo experiments. In a project led by Blaby, through what is now the Community …
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… year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from reseachers who translate genomic … Through our CSP Functional Genomics call , we look for projects that will leverage the JGI’s DNA synthesis and … in support of advancing the bioeconomy. This year’s project goals range from improving crop productivity for …
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… at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology (HudsonAlpha), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint … Where did the 8X variant come from? Did they arise multiple times or does their broad distribution indicate multiple, …
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University of Florida, working with Valérie de Crécy-Lagard on using comparative genomics to predict gene function in bacteria and leveraging molecular biology and reverse genetics to test those hypotheses. From 2011 – 2015, she …
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