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Black fungi are microscopic and mighty. They survive everywhere from Antarctica to Joshua Tree National Park, despite extremely …

In 2003, Dr. Pennacchio joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular … his Ph.D in 1998 from the Department of Genetics at Stanford University where he uncovered the genetic cause of a …

Congratulations to the proposers of the 19 proposals selected for the 2023 Community Science Program call of the U.S. … questions relevant to the DOE mission, and we look forward to facilitating their success. “ The CSP Annual Call …

Can plants help humans attain a renewable energy future? Can they help lock away …

Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants conquer land over 600 million … of how plants adapted to terrestrial life paves the way for innovations in sustainable agriculture and clean energy. …

Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that … & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data suite—which includes  IMG/VR (for Virus)—for the virophage marker gene MCP, they were able to …

A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four … help regulate the global carbon cycle — fixing, transforming, and respiring carbon. Understanding the metabolisms that SAR324 and other microbes use could inform scientists’ understanding of carbon fluxes in the …

Analysis reveals cotton genome stability across global … , both faculty investigators at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. “The goal has been for all this new cotton work, and even the original cotton …

The human-centered, agile collaboration between the JGI and the information technology company Truss has resulted in the JGI … resource — it provides access to all of JGI’s genomic databases and tools,” noted  Kjiersten Fagnan , JGI’s Chief …

Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced worked closely with JGI scientists on research projects that contribute to the larger mission of the … language processing techniques to categorize genetic information. Learn more about their work here in a series of …

Congratulations to Tanja Woyke, who has been awarded the van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University …

Dr. Mouncey joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2017 as the fourth Director in its 27-year history. He has a wealth of managerial experience from … genetics that started with his education and carried forward into his roles as a senior research scientist at …