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March 17, 2020, a shelter-in-place order for all residents took effect in six San Francisco Bay Area counties. The JGI, located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is located in one of those counties. The … User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE …

… and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science … the question, well, how are the microbes being affected by the metals? When metals are introduced, how do they adapt by changing what macromolecules are in their biomass, …

… and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science … in California’s manmade water transport canals. Inspired by Randall Munroe’s xkcd comic “Up Goer Five” and his … abstract from a 2019 conference. Both versions appear side-by-side below: Kaze was part of the  2018 cohort of the …

On July 6, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and other institutions shared their … layers. The architecture of these algorithms, inspired by communication networks found in nature, allows machines … Biologists aim to capitalize on these kinds of abilities by applying them to sequencing data. At the workshop, Volkan …

Program (CSP) Applications Webinar inviting researchers to submit white papers to the CSP  New Investigator call for … analytics platform provided to the research community by DOE. Email [email protected] if you have questions about … proposal call is open year-round, but proposals submitted by September 21, 2020, will be included in the next review. …

Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel … to define the current shape of the microbial tree of life by filling in genomic information for thousands of … a very large collection of type-strain isolates, provided by the Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of …

… learning approach significantly expands inovirus diversity. To answer the question, “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to … July 22, 2019, in  Nature Microbiology , a team led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint … sequence is most likely not an inovirus. But if these nearby genes are both short and novel, then that’s a very good …

… exploring a dark room with a flashlight, only able to clearly identify what falls within that single beam. When … a novel approach to better understand microbial communities by looking at protein function within them. The work was led by a team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy …

A collaborative team led by Geoffrey Schiebinger at the University of British … how they determine identity, as well as the roles played by neighboring cells in these processes.   One of the … User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). “This represents the largest …

… world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel. The fungus  Phakopsora pachyrhizi … Left uncontrolled, soybean rust could reduce crop yields by as much as 90 percent. As part of the DOE Joint Genome … proposed sequencing a reference genome for  P. pachyrhizi to develop better strategies to counter soybean rust …

… kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) marked the visit of an esteemed … multi-monodispersed droplets in a two-dimensional plane by moving different fluids together in a controlled manner. … a biochemical reaction which can then directly be measured by IR-spectroscopy and mass spectrometry in sequence in real …

… in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the production sequencing labs in … (up to 120 sequencing machines at maximum) maintained by a workforce that numbered more than 100 at its peak, all …