Search

… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship … the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What started with 2 interns in the … the beginning of the summer to “confident in themselves and their research” during their final presentations and beyond. …

Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years less than … most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around the globe. Now, scientists have shed … how eelgrass adapted and evolved throughout its history. Their research, published in  August 2023 in  Nature Plants …

JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in sequences … array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the absence of all the other letters of the alphabet. … that there is no shortage of fungal genomes anymore, but their functional interpretation is as tough as it has been …

… of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired six UC Merced students with seven JGI researchers for bioinformatics internship opportunities in fields … from five of the Summer 2019 interns, who briefly shared their experiences below. Name: Noelle Anderson Class Year: …

New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent … global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their potential contributions to a sustainable bioeconomy, …

New Graduate Internship Program Builds Bridges Between DOE JGI, UC … Olmstead was back on campus at the University of California, Merced to start orientation as a first-year graduate … from UC Merced, this experience will help them direct their career trajectories. Finally, we anticipate that as …

New 5-year strategic plan outlines how the JGI will advance the … to advance foundational science, creating opportunities for the global research community. The U.S. Department of … an exciting range of new tools and capabilities to support their scientific investigations of biological and …

Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US … States. They also provided multiple access points to the information. The team harnessed a community-science program to … level. The Impact Rivers are transport systems, and their health is heavily reliant on the energy and nutrient …

Though visible to the naked eye, microscopy reveals unexpected complexity At first … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Laboratory for Research in Complex Systems (LRC) in Menlo Park, Calif. … bacterium, along with its life cycle. For most bacteria, their DNA floats freely within the cytoplasm of their cells. …

In late June, Kathleen Lail, a member of JGI’s Sample Management … out to many researchers with the hope of getting support for a research project for his class of 18 juniors.  He got … between the class and the JGI, the students found out that their project was approved and was being funded under the …