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… Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired six UC Merced … in fields ranging from plant-microbe interactions to functional genomics. Hear from five of the Summer 2019 …

…   Save the Date: March 16–18, 2027 The next JGI Annual Meeting will be held in March 2027 … this page as further details become available. Sign up for our newsletter to receive updates.    … Stefani Ferreira , JGI Administrative and Logistics Support  …

… is for investigators and research initiatives new to the JGI. Projects must be independent of ongoing JGI proposals, and lead PIs cannot have been lead PI on any previously accepted JGI CSP or FICUS proposal.   Competitive projects will … Proposers are encouraged to review the JGI’s sample requirements . Samples …

… global research community.  Published January 17, 2025 in Science Advances , researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … representation. “When it comes to isolate genome data, our real-world touchstones, we’re just scratching the …

… Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, after … the JGI in 2016, and in 2018 was hired to be the JGI’s Data Science and Informatics department head.  Dr. Fagnan is also … how the JGI supports the entire data life cycle through resources including the JGI portals, and our broader data …

… identified a virus protein tied to carbon cycling.  The Science Through a collaborative effort, researchers have … of crystalized samples cloned and synthesized by the JGI, scientists have begun the complex process of uncovering the … second only to cellulose.  Chitin is also a common food source for microbes living within soil. So, the chitosanase …

… assess virus sequence fragments and data quality. The Science Through advances in sequencing technologies and … uncultivated viruses. Following up on those guidelines, JGI researchers have now developed CheckV (pronounced … limits the ability of researchers to accurately perform functional assessment, host prediction, and phylogenetic …

… lake microbial communities change with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria (phototrophs) in … dominates these polar environments greatly contributes to our larger understanding of carbon and other nutrient cycles … Ace Lake were collected over a 10-year period and sent to JGI for metagenomic sequencing. A study  recently published …

… growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual … effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of scientists studied what happens to the tree’s physical … as secreted proteins. However,  M. elongata  seems to encourage the plant to have leakier cell walls and weaker …

… deep-sea vents hold vast potential for bioenergy.   The Science Hydrothermal vents are ocean-floor openings in the … the makeup and functioning of a given microbial community. Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome … (IMG/M) portal. The study,  published in the  Microbiome journal, broadens our understanding of the unique …

… the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … DSMZ overall, resulting not only in a valuable sequence resource to complement DSMZ’s vast strain resource, but also …