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Natural Prodcast is a “fireside chat”-style podcast about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. … to medicine, the environment, and human health. As the JGI acts on its goals in — and builds out its capabilities …

This shorter episode is about a tiny, single-celled alga – Chlamydomonas reinhardtii – that’s managed to have a big impact. UC Berkeley plant biologist Sabeeha Merchant explains why …

Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … to their environments, two gene families—peroxidases and nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeats (NLRs) —stood out for …

Kasey Markel and Patrick Shih (UC Berkeley and the Joint BioEnergy Institute) are looking for new … how this project unfolded, and how they worked with the JGI's metabolomics program to find out more about these …

On July 8, JGI’s DNA Synthesis Science group held a  JGI Engagement: … and development and its applications. “I moved to UC Davis in 2014,” recalled Philipp Zerbe of the University of California, Davis. …

… to find novel functions that may impact microbiome structure and biogeochemical cycles. He provides his expertise to the JGI user community and supports various user projects in the … and complex life. Science . 376: 1453-1458 Nayfach et al. (2021) A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes. Nature …

Genome Insider is a podcast that showcases the work of JGI collaborators in brief forays, connecting audiences with the people behind the science. Hear diverse voices in science talk … to contribute to a more sustainable world. Learn about JGI-supported projects, delving into the researchers’ …

… tools for scientific applications developed at Berkeley Lab. Dr. Chen is currently the Microbiome Computational Resource Lead at the JGI, responsible for the data management infrastructure of the Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) family of …

Primary Template-Directed Amplification (PTA) yields a much higher completion, above 80% in most cases. The Impact … The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … like plasmids, the picture is far from complete.  In 2021 , scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital …

… of Chytridiomycota (the “chytrids”).  A collaborative team led by Joey Spatafora at Oregon State University, Jason … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, found that the … Olpidium are obligate endoparasites of some common crops, such as lettuce and tobacco. Olpidium itself doesn’t cause …

Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of … The planet’s microbial diversity is immense, yet much of it remains unknown. For more than a decade, … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …