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… The 11th cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns pick highlights from their summer experiences. This year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … system for the selection of genes essential for specialized carbon utilization ” Jesica Calderon : “Being a JGI intern …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements … also contains hundreds of genes uniquely associated with carbon dioxide capture and the generation of biomass, making … C. reinhardtii on PhycoCosm … C. zofingiensis on Phytozome …

… A group led by JGI scientists have made strides in improving and applying a method that allows researchers to quickly modify …

… Leveraging massive comparative genomics to decode millions of … to Antarctic valleys, these organisms have diversified into an estimated 2–6 million species — dwarfing the … by hypotheses about fungal lifestyle and their roles in ecosystems.” The JGI's comprehensive genomic infrastructure, …

… Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved mix-and-match … play a crucial role in how an organism processes both carbon and nitrogen. This research team combined … for creating nucleic acids and proteins, as well as recycling nitrogen. Now, with insight into a specific enzyme …

… Survey of Setaria's natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth … (Danforth Center) drove up and down the highways of the continental United States, occasionally pulling over to the side … a small model grass with a short lifecycle that uses a carbon fixation process known as the C4 pathway, which …

… Specializing in mass spectrometry-centered projects, Dr. Bowen’s work focuses on developing high-performance computing workflows and integrating mathematics and chemistry for … BS – University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Chemical Engineering Ph. D. – Arizona State University, Tempe, Chemical …

… The Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is home to the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Researchers from the DOE Systems … who made use of our data. We completed 39,870 projects in FY24 We generated 871 Terabases of sequence We … advanced genomic capabilities. This year we brought online the latest short-read technology, the Illumina NovaSeq X …

… This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve covered the specialized …

… compare their work consistently. And EcoFABs also work well in the classroom. This episode, we visit Los Medanos Community College to see EcoFABs in action in Jill Bouchard’s BIO 21 lab course. …

… Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to …

… Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat … too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help … inform how scientists can more easily convert plants into carbon-neutral biofuels . What’s more, many natural products …