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… established and emerging scientists from academia, industry, and government organizations for three days of scientific presentation, … center talk and a tech talk. Stop by the JGI booth to learn about our user programs and how we can help advance your …

… training at UC Berkeley and work in the pharmaceutical industry. He holds joint appointments as Fungal and Algal Program Head at the JGI, a Senior Scientist at Lawrence … geomics and PhycoCosm portal. Dr. Grigoriev engaged thousands of researchers in genome projects and organized …

… ecological consequences of microbe-microbe interactions. Using metagenomes recovered directly from environmental … researchers have been able to gain further insights about how microbes have adapted to thrive in polar … Aenigmarchaeota, Nanoarchaeota, and Nanohaloarchaea) superphylum of extremophilic archaea first outlined by JGI …

… The 1KFG project represents affiliations at over 180 organizations in 29 U.S. states and 35 countries. (Graphic: … Genomes (1KFG) Project through a 2012 Community Science Program proposal. Joseph Spatafora of Oregon State … Spatafora and Jason Stajich from UC Riverside would focus on broad sampling of early diverging fungi, and Francis …

… This shorter episode is about a tiny, single-celled alga – Chlamydomonas reinhardtii … managed to sequence its genome, and what it has to teach us about other organisms – like plants. [ Editor’s Note: …

… model to study drought tolerance in perennial grasses using Panicum hallii (Hall’s panicgrass), by generating two … The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) supports research programs for developing methods for converting plant biomass into sustainable fuels for cars and jets. By studying a close …

… and feedstocks for biomass and biofuel production. Learning about the ecology and evolution of  Dothideomycetes could … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … work was enabled in part through  JGI’s  Community Science Program (CSP) , as several approved proposals have …

… reductase system, researchers could open avenues for using bacteria to produce ethylene and more.  Microbes excel … funded by the Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program, together with understanding enabled by Basic Energy … contexts.  “That allows us now to really start thinking about the structure-function relationship. What could we do, …

… of the genes in a lipid-prolific yeast. The Impact The team used this set of guide RNAs on  Yarrowia lipolytica to … furthers the U.S. Department of Energy’s goal of producing sustainable fuels from alternative sources. Moreover, the … is actually essential. Through the JGI’s  Community Science Program , the scientists thus set out to identify which …

… ways to engineer plants. So they’ve looked into wasps that program oak trees to raise their young in structures called galls.  In this episode, hear from Kasey and Patrick about how this project unfolded, and how they worked with the JGI's metabolomics program to find out more about these weird little pods. …

… scant, Ace Lake’s bacteria instead go through a boom and bust cycle aligned with light availability. A long-running … cycling takes place only on a microbial level. Previous studies focused on the Southern Ocean have found that in … Lab). The work was enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program. For most months each year, Ace Lake is covered in …

… Sherbo, Jennifer E. Smith, Chin Chin Too, Brooke Weigel, Susanne Wilken, Jing Yuan, and Brittany N. Zepernick.    Each … The New Investigator call , part of our  Community Science Program , allows us to work and share our tools with a … the October 2026 review. You can also find more information about the JGI’s  various proposal calls here. …