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Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day … — contributed to the ecological resistance of plants to the Earth’s ever-changing harsh habitats, thus allowing them to … plant lineages in the  Open Green Genomes Initiative , a project supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) …

… is currently a Senior Staff Scientist at Berkeley Lab. Since joining Berkeley Lab in 2008, Dr. Northen has had … through the Joint BioEnergy Institute and the ENIGMA SFA project. In 2015, he founded what is now the JGI … Zengler K et al . EcoFAB: Advancing microbiome science through standardized fabricated …

Dr. Grigoriev joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2003, following his … of California, Berkeley. He contributed to the Human Genome Project and led annotation and analysis of diverse … Nelson et al (2022) Wildfire-dependent changes in soil microbiome diversity and function.  Nature Microbiol. …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s carbon as well as material that can be converted to … types in the world combined. Harvesting peat for energy has been increasingly discouraged due to associated greenhouse …

New Graduate Internship Program Builds Bridges Between DOE JGI, UC Merced … challenges UC Merced graduate students with individual projects at the DOE JGI that provide hands-on experience in … on the genetic mechanisms of chemotaxis in the Arabidopsis microbiome, particularly, how bacteria can be driven toward …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … The majestic sentinel oaks of the Golden State have been succumbing to a pathogen. This ‘“alien’” organism — one … engagement activities under the umbrella of the SOD Blitz Project. In hopes of controlling the spread of the disease, …

Sphagnome data would enable researchers’ insights on their potential carbon cycling impact.   The … (Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments) project, assessing how northern peatland ecosystems respond … stored in peatlands, which make up nearly 3 percent of the earth’s land surface. In the New Phytologist, researchers …

Meta-omics datasets show that CRISPR-Cas systems determine mutualism or parasitism between some archaeal hosts and … they likely help their hosts. The Impact Meters below the Earth’s surface, within the crust, there is a vast ecosystem … all operate in concert to form the foundation of this deep Earth ecosystem. For example, when certain viruses attack, …

In 2024, the DOE Joint Genome Institute and Alabama A&M … of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. They also took part in many enriching workshops … called Brachypodium distachyon. LaMonika Dent : We have been working on creating transgenic plants with CRISPR Cas9 …

Dr. I-Min A. Chen received her Ph.D. in Computer Science. Her research has been focused on semantic and object-oriented data modeling, … developed at Berkeley Lab. Dr. Chen is currently the Microbiome Computational Resource Lead at the JGI, …

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