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New 5-year strategic plan outlines how the JGI will advance the bioeconomy, leveraging partnerships to advance foundational science, creating opportunities for the global research … The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) has released its newest 5-Year Strategic Plan: …
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Journal publication caps JGI pilot project with fledgling Florida high school scientists. The … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …
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… the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, developed an algorithm that a … to predict the presence of anti-CRISPRs, recently discovered inhibitors of bacterial CRISPR-Cas systems that …
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… “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields. The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant … The moss genomes’ metabolic pathways could lead to the discovery of genes that could be used for multiple … to evolve so rapidly in gene content and structure. He and JGI Plant Program head Jeremy Schmutz already see how …
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Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately identify mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic entities … used computational resources from the Exascale Computing Project (17-SC-20-SC), a collaborative effort of the U.S. …
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… the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, found that the fungus Olpidium is a … habitats. The work is part of the JGI’s 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, which aims to provide genomic information for every …
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… date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The Science Changing an A, C, T or G in a genome sequence can … least one reference genome for every family of fungi, the 1000 Fungal Genomes initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, and others like …
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Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired six UC Merced students with seven JGI researchers for bioinformatics internship opportunities … anyone in the Institute to get feedback and insights on the project and everyone’s willingness to guide or mentor me …
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Through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace … you can pop in and ask them questions about all kinds of topics. It’s amazing to have access to rock star scientists … by passionate scientists working on interdisciplinary projects. I feel inspired to pursue a career in STEM. …
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New Investigator proposal was recently approved through the JGI Community Science Program, to use microbiome science to help make plants more resilient to drought. …
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