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… Schulman, Bram Stone and Jana Voriskovaa The JGI is excited to announce the fifteen scientists selected for our … of successful CSP proposals this year,” noted Tanja Woyke, who heads JGI’s User Programs. “These PIs have proposed … questions relevant to the DOE’s mission, and I look forward to seeing their outcomes.” The annual CSP call is focused …

… computational approach, researchers confirm microbial diversity is wilder than ever. Imagine researchers exploring a … Nature highlights the vast array of functional diversity of microbes through a novel approach to better understand … and the functions they perform, artificially replicating a whole community is impossible.  Metagenomic sequencing …

… year, the JGI searches for novel research projects from PIs who have not led any previously accepted proposals.  The New Investigator call , part of our  Community Science Program , allows us to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers whose work aligns with DOE missions .  Below find a list of …

… internship program between the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What … represents part of our long term efforts to contribute towards a diverse workforce and scientific community (working … J. Nathaniel Brown was a 2022 graduate student intern who is now a graduate researcher in Jing Xu’s lab and a …

… at UC Berkeley and the Innovative Genomics Institute.  The Science Researchers report the discovery of … to be unearthed in sequencing and analyzing uncultivated microbes. Summary The CRISPR-Cas system is an immune … viruses and phages. In the event of a new infection, the microbes use the genetic information encoded in CRISPR …

… Biomedical Data Science . The following guest piece was written by Call, a postdoctoral fellow in the JGI Microbiome … every aspect of our daily lives.  But for researchers who study viruses that infect organisms much smaller than … oceans can exert great influence on earth’s carbon and nitrogen cycles. Currently one of the best ways to study such …

… functional genomics research from scientists who translate genomic information into biological function. … that will leverage the JGI's DNA synthesis and omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function. … these projects integrate cutting-edge genomic data with predictive modeling and bioengineering to advance U.S. …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our … it shares nearly 7,000 genes with other organisms (a third of those shared by both humans and flowering plants). Its … Chlamydomonas (affectionately known as “Chlamy” to those who study it) a powerful reference organism for studying …

… For the Joint Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of … (BER), among others. New areas of emphasis, for those who are already familiar with the research portfolio that … provide us feedback and to help us calibrate progress toward our near- and long-term goals. And, by the way, as far as …

… to convert food into energy. However, in environments with little or no oxygen, life had found other ways to … the genomes and predict the metabolic abilities of these microbes. The Impact This study illustrates how the research … an online interactive browser – contains the phenotypic records of 8,350 organisms along with 4,355 genomes and 13.6 …