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CalTeach is a program for undergraduate majors interested in developing a deep understanding of … with concurrent field work in local classrooms and tutoring centers. Cal Teach offers a minor in Science and Math …

This summer, the DOE JGI hosted 10 interns who came from a wide range of backgrounds. Many of … genomic data at a computer; a few had the opportunity to spend time out in the field, work at the lab bench, and …

Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to fossil fuels. In this episode, we peek into how scientists Aindrila …

All staff members of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) commit to Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s (Berkeley Lab’s) core … of the JGI. The SAC serves as the Institute's key external advisory panel and advocate of the Institute's …

The latest edition of the JGI Progress Report highlights notable … here , here and here ), and the data has been used to better understand arsenic mobility and to better …

Life as we know it wouldn’t exist without cyanobacteria; they … over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, communally, in microbial mats. Along the way, they’ve encountered surprises, adopted new …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … go on to work on research that identified signaling pathways in Chlamydomonas.   So, Merchant was primed to …

To engineer yeast to do more, and understand genomes in … versions. This project has turned out to be an international collaboration, with some artistic endeavors along the way. Eventually, the goal is to create an entirely …

After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural … University Tübingen (Germany), Dr. Woyke pursued her postdoctoral research at the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2004. … top 1%, by Clarivate Analytics 2020 van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics 2020 …

Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free … environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have both the machinery to … scales. “Cell-free systems have been really powerful at finding ways to accelerate bio-design and identifying the …

… pick highlights from their summer experiences. This year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … that I’d never done before from my mentors. Also, there’s always a better way to do something.” Mentors Daniela Cassol, Jeff …