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Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately … to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. … conduct their research. Designed to reduce the effects of taxonomic representation biases during marker selection, …

A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, … with Y chromosomes in mammals: a structure that helps correct deleterious mutations. The Impact Shrub willow and …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that …

A two-day kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory … Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany with the aim of intensifying collaborations in the fields of genomics, structural … from the ACTIVE SITES Research Center (ACSI), the Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU) of the University …

For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) participants. One is a fungus …

… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship internship program between the DOE Joint … has grown to a total of 75 with the inclusion of the 2023 cohort. Each of them has brought invaluable insights, …

Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in … , was able to assess absolute time estimates for major colonization events. It was previously assumed, due to the …

For the first time in several years, the DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted several UC Merced students this past summer. This year’s cohort for the JGI-UC Merced Internship Program was brimming … Emerald Nash and mentor Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth …

New Graduate Internship Program Builds Bridges Between DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy … Merced Genomics Distinguished Graduate Internship Program. Conceived by Wang and Visel, the program challenges UC …

New 5-year strategic plan outlines how the JGI will advance the bioeconomy, leveraging partnerships to advance foundational … for the global research community. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) has released …

Dr. Udwary serves as a computational biologist for JGI’s Secondary Metabolites … group. His research interests lie in use and development of bioinformatics tools for elucidation of biosynthetic gene … (1996) … List available on Google Scholar … Education … Publications …

Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, … technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he … Mol. Microbiol. 87, 1223-1236. PubMed … Education … Publications …