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… has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program is to harness the power of DNA synthesis, strain engineering, and biosystems design for DOE-mission-relevant discovery and … has supported over 250 projects since it started. At the JGI, Dr. Yoshikuni also manages the Synthetic Biology …

UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, JGI’s Zhong Wang and … saying, “I wish Akshay could stay at the JGI for another 6 months! In a very short time his incisive questions, …

… are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Virophages … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science facility, have increased the … taxonomically classified into 27 distinct clades (17 of them without previously known representatives). Of these, 89 …

… second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

The 11th cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns pick highlights from their summer experiences. This … through their long standing internship program. In just two months, the students participated in networking workshops, …

Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately identify mobile … forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool  recently described in  …

How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The … Carey put it, these sex chromosomes first evolved when the Earth’s continents were still Pangea. McDaniel’s lab … to evolve so rapidly in gene content and structure. He and JGI Plant Program head Jeremy Schmutz already see how …

Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic reprogramming. The … is an astronomical figure, and yet viruses outnumber them. In the ocean, viruses outnumber surface microbes 10 to … U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science … feathers or wires to mimic an insect or a particular movement, each of these lures are the bait designed to attract … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

Machine learning approach significantly expands inovirus … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, developed an … unique chronic infection cycle. “We’re not sure why we systematically manage to miss them; maybe it’s due to the way we …

A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … Specific understanding of this symbiosis could offer improvements in multiple directions. On the fungi side, …