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In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … help solve energy and environmental challenges. In 2009, researchers at the JGI and the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean … Sciences described a novel technique to access high-quality genomic information using minute quantities of DNA derived …

… student Sabah Ul-Hasan and alumnus of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program, first sampled the area in … sediment with collaborators at the Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada (CICESE) in her … is on cone snails, C. californicus in particular, as a model system for venom-microbe interactions. Cone snail …

Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years less than previously believed.  The Science … eelgrass adapted and evolved throughout its history. Their research, published in  August 2023 in  Nature Plants , was … Program (CSP 502951, 2016, Population and evolutionary genomics of host–microbiome interactions in Zostera marina …

… reveals the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection … in New Mexico via leakage from a local dry-cleaner. Researchers  identified two bacteria,  Dehalococcoides … Program , they were able to analyze the resulting metagenomic data. (Data from the project are available on the  …

Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the … roughly 5-7,000 years ago and has been well-studied by many researchers for nearly five decades. In these frigid … collected over a 10-year period and sent to JGI for metagenomic sequencing. A study  recently published in  …

… of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in plants can be befuddling. Most species are … hermaphrodites, expressing both male and female gametes in one individual. But some, including shrub willow  Salix … (DOE). (Poplar is a Flagship Plant.) To engineer them, researchers need to select and breed cultivars for the next …

… us at the 2024 DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting! The JGI convenes this annual gathering of … challenges.  The invited talks emphasize how the research infrastructure – DNA sequencing, synthesis, …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As … and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant to living on a …

Congratulations to Jane Grimwood, who has been appointed the Loretta Purdy Spencer Chair in Genomics at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology! … plant genomes. She has appeared on the annual Highly Cited Researchers list assembly by Clarivate Analytics. In 2020, …

… [subhed -- copy to summary above^ as well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of … biofuels seems fairly simple: place these algae in a container with access to sunlight, water and carbon dioxide … often by starting with identifying the right ingredients. Researchers collaborating across multiple institutions have …