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… how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility located at …

… Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved … characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… Retracing how the dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new ecological habitat. The Science By comparing … harnessing the brown rot Serpula lacrymans towards breaking down plant mass for conversion to sustainable, alternative … from Europe, that was sequenced and analyzed by the JGI. The researchers found that S. lacrymans var. lacrymans …

… Trained on environmental data, a new JGI tool more accurately facilitates microbial genome … As of June 2025, Genome Ocean was ranked the No. 1 most-downloaded genome foundation model on the huggingface … Biological and Environmental Research (BER) missions. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and …

… boost yields for both food and for candidate bioenergy feedstock crops. Summary A plant is like an office building, its … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … These include genes that degrade plant cell walls and break down plant sugars. The results also revealed that the most …

… The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is committed to advancing the field of genomics through open access to … with the DOE mandate to provide data access widely to the scientific community as soon as possible after data … and environmental characterization and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and …

… More than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, JGI’s … of its flagship education program with UC Merced. JGI Director Nigel Mouncey and program organizers Wang, Visel …

… Congratulations to Tanja Woyke, who has been awarded the van Niel … Lab), Woyke currently serves as the interim deputy for JGI User Programs. Earlier this year, she was elected to the … of California, Merced. Woyke received a 2014 Berkeley Lab Director’s Award for Exceptional Scientific Achievement , …

… A quick snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers behind software that finds plasmids and …

… New Graduate Internship Program Builds Bridges Between DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his … was back on campus at the University of California, Merced to start orientation as a first-year graduate student in the … with Berkeley Lab; he’d previously served as acting director of the Lab’s Computational Research Division and …

… have leveraged data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and … The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … interact?’” said senior author Francis Martin, a Research Director Emeritus at the National Research Institute for …

… students this past summer. This year’s cohort for the JGI-UC Merced Internship Program was brimming with … and determination as they came onsite. From data carpentry to science communications, their schedules were filled with … about interning at the JGI has been the ability to sort of step back from my typical work and sort of jump feet first …