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… insights from metagenomic data. In deep learning, a branch of machine learning, data is passed through algorithms … into multiple interconnected layers. The architecture of these algorithms, inspired by communication networks … astonishing degrees of feature recognition: for example, a camera’s ability to recognize your face and distinguish it …
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… data modeling, and biological data management. She was one of the co-authors and key developers of the Object-Protocol Model (OPM) data management tools for … Lead at the JGI, responsible for the data management infrastructure of the Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) family …
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A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental … deployed a pipeline to first target cells from communities of uncultivated microbes, and then efficiently retrieve and … User Facility, is supported under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. This study was funded by the Max Planck Society. …
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Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny ocean-dwellers called phytoplankton play … microscopic algae have managed to adapt to a unique set of conditions in polar waters, including vast shifts in …
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In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … and environmental challenges. Switchgrass is a native, shrubby grass that can grow year-over-year on marginal soil … means most genes are found as multiple copies across the chromosomes. In a follow-up study , researchers focused on …
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… gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea likely played a key role in determining the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and regulating the global climate … to flourish. For Guillaume Borrel and Simonetta Gribaldo of the Institut Pasteur in France, the importance of …
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… tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are … is displacing these important cold-water communities of algae with warm-adapted ones, a trend that threatens to … food web and change the oceans as we know them. At the base of marine food webs are microscopic photosynthesizing …
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Twice each year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from potential users … synthesis and omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function. Below find a list of the final six researchers accepted for 2022. Proposals …
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… most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the … included, are polyploid and have multiple copies of chromosomes. Sugarcane accounts for 80% of sugar production … of Energy operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231 with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The work …
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Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The … T or G in a genome sequence can lead to changes in protein structures and functions, but the DNA bases themselves can … the US Department of Energy under contract no. DE-AC02-05CH11231. The Georgia Advanced Computing Resource Center (GACRC) …
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Click the cards below to view downloadable pdfs of previous Progress Reports from the Joint Genome … Report … FY14 Progress Report … FY13 Progress Report … FY12 Progress Report … FY11 Progress Report … FY10 Progress …
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For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a written report that is published in a … above all else, determination. Rhondene Wint, an alumna of the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)-UC Merced internship … said. For Axel Visel, JGI Science Deputy and a co-founder of the internship program, this type of achievement is …
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