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High Five: Celebrating the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program
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 Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of …
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Preferential retention of genes from one parental genome after polyploidy illustrates the nature and scope of the genomic conflicts induced by hybridization
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Extracting the Secrets of Secondary Metabolites
CRAGE-CRISPR combo helps further demystify biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those molecules not essential for growth …
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Development of a Freeze-Dried CRISPR-Cas12 Sensor for Detecting Wolbachia in the Secondary Science Classroom
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Micro-Scale Applications Group
The Micro-Scale Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial … information with individual cells. Research Team    … The JGI uniquely offers the first quantitative Stable Isotope …
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John Vogel
Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics program. Prior to this, he served as a … his postdoctoral studies at the Carnegie Institution for Science where he studied the molecular basis of a plant …
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Fishing for Novel Cellulose Degraders
A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is …
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Uncovering Novel Genomes from Earth’s Microbiomes
Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …
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Game On: High School Students Drive Everglades Metagenomics Study
In late June, Kathleen Lail, a member of JGI’s Sample Management … with one of his favorite answers being, “It would take a team of Ph.D.’s over a year to do a project at this … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) , a DOE Office of Science User Facility. She took special interest in it …
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Applying Viral Genomics Expertise to Understanding the Human Virome
JGI researchers lend expertise to develop tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth outnumber the stars in the Milky Way, … at the DOE Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science user facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …
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The INSIG2 rs7566605 genetic variant does not play a major role in obesity in a sample of 24,722 individuals from four cohorts
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Fields of Breeders’ Dreams: A Team Effort Toward Targeted Crop Improvements
Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … research on this complex species and also at the same time, take advantage of what we can do now with genomics to really …
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