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… challenges by exploring plants’ role in capturing carbon, detoxifying soils, interacting with other organisms, and adapting to environmental changes. The program lays the groundwork for … to current problems facing humanity. A major focus are biofuel feedstock species and plant-microbe interactions, …

… Accepted proposals emphasize JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the annual  … three groups: cyanophages, bacteriophages, and giant algal viruses.  The approved proposals started October 1, 2020 and …

… JGI in 2000 as the founding Associate Director for Computational Genomics, and led the computational efforts directed towards the sequencing, annotation, and analysis of three human chromosomes. After successful completion of … AB in Physics, Princeton University, NJ MS in Theoretical Physics, Cornell …

… Analysis of haloarchaeal metagenomes broadens understanding of … The Science Haloarchaea flourish in hypersaline environments, and researchers are interested in learning how … of the strain variation appeared related to defense against viruses. Experiments infecting H. lacusprofundi with an …

… Dr. Malmstrom is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements of in situ growth rates and carbon consumption of SAR11 bacteria, the most abundant … University of Delaware BA in Biology, Boston University ( magna cum laude ) …

… After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products and their … in 2004. The main object of her research was the symbiont community of a gutless oligochaete for which she … is the Microbial Science Program Head as well as our Deputy of User Programs. Click to learn more about the program's …

… projects. Through the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national user … reaction networks, and also assessing the role of viruses in the soil microbiome. Another accepted proposal in …

… Twice a year, the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program … the opportunity to pursue part of their thesis research at one of the DOE national laboratories or national user … of Texas-Austin. Rambo will be studying the influence of viruses on carbon cycling in coastal mangroves. The work …

… joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address wide-ranging questions existing in biology. He holds joint appointments as a … Len Pennacchio is the JGI's Deputy of Genomic Technologies. oClick to learn more about the …

… Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a scientific …

… Nanohaloarchaeota cultures reveal they are symbionts and not free-living organisms. The Science Researchers … to experimentally determine that Nanohaloarchaeota are symbionts, rather than free-living organisms as had been … The Impact The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in …

… The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) provide access to a variety of tools that leverage stable isotopes to measure carbon and nutrient flux, and identify microbes assimilating … of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in …