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… so nice and helpful.”     Mo Kaze, UC Merced JGI Mentor : Susannah Tringe, Microbial Systems Group “Everyone here is very kind and really open to talking about their work. It’s fun to be around people who are generous with their time and like nerding out about the big stuff, well, the little stuff! People hold …

… analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for multiple … is immense, yet much of it remains unknown. For more than a decade, researchers around the world have collaborated with … information as well as of important descriptive metadata about each strain. “This has been a very fruitful …

… training at UC Berkeley and work in the pharmaceutical industry. He holds joint appointments as Fungal and Algal … geomics and PhycoCosm portal. Dr. Grigoriev engaged thousands of researchers in genome projects and organized numerous genomics workshops. … Algal Science Program Head at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and …

… database of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use oxygen to convert food into energy. However, in … used the JGI’s GOLD and IMG data portals to get information about the genomes and genes of the organisms on the list. …

… different lifestyles. The Science The bacterium SAR324 is unusually cosmopolitan. In the ocean’s North Pacific … surface, to the blue-lit twilight zone, to the continuous pressure of the dark abyss, 4000 m (2.5 miles) deep. … the environment. Moreover, the deep ocean is the largest inorganic reservoir of carbon on earth; because SAR324 — one …

… to a pathogen. This ‘“alien’” organism — one previously unseen — is, in fact, a microscopic water mold, … this multi-institutional, multi-investigator effort was to decode the complex Phytophthora ramorum genome. The JGI … scores of nurseries across the nation, elevating concerns about the pathogen to an all-time high. California …

… called galls.  In this episode, hear from Kasey and Patrick about how this project unfolded, and how they worked with the JGI's metabolomics program to find out more about these weird little pods. …

… provides bioinformatics tools and analysis support for user science, with a focus on metagenomes. Passionate about automation and collaboration, she works to develop and …

… The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw materials including … from the atmosphere than current natural processes and use it as a sustainable resource for making high-value bioproducts. As a … Council grant (ERC 637675 ‘SYBORG’), as well as the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office …

… Pennacchio joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to … at Stanford University where he uncovered the genetic cause of a rare form of human epilepsy and subsequently generated one of the first mouse models for this common neurological disorder. In 1999, …