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… help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . … the multiple advances in sequencing technologies applied to the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including … contamination, and drought. The moss genomes’ metabolic pathways could lead to the discovery of genes that could be …

… featured speakers who shared a look back at the JGI’s history, from its beginnings in the sequencing for the Human Genome Project out to the future of the institution. Their talks shed light on … many more years of enabling clean energy and renewable production — and congratulated JGI on the anniversary. “This …

… a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights into how these ocean photosynthesizers cycle carbon in changing conditions. The … found that this protein detects iron and fine-tunes energy production, allowing cyanobacteria to quickly adapt to their …

DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2003, following his postdoctoral training at UC Berkeley and work in the pharmaceutical … a Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor of Plant and Microbial … at University of California, Berkeley. He contributed to the Human Genome Project and led annotation and analysis …

A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less …

… and determination as they came onsite. From data carpentry to science communications, their schedules were filled with … and Bishoy Kamel, A Comparative Analysis of Metabolic Pathways in Fungal Pathogens Shayna Bennett and mentor Robert Bowers, Mobile …

… on their summer projects. Watch the short video here to see what they had to say about their experiences and what they’ll take with … Lorenzo Aureli Project: “ Exploring the epigenetic basis of pathogenicity in bacteria” Erika Maquiling : “Being a JGI …

What started with 2 interns in the summer of 2014 has grown to a total of 75 with the inclusion of the 2023 cohort. Each of … insights, thoughts, and explorations that has led to groundbreaking science and opportunities to speak on a …

… more about what they learned from working with their JGI mentors, what challenges they overcame, and what new skill sets they look forward to taking back to school.  The interns from this cohort and their …

… the earth, but most species do not grow easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists … capability that is desirable in the microbiome field due to its high recovery of single-cell genomes. This is key to better understanding all the organisms that live in our …

… changes in marine microbes, the answer is no. They refer to the infected microbial cells as virocells, a change in … them. In the ocean, viruses outnumber surface microbes 10 to 1, and 20% to 40% of the microbes are infected at any given time. …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Congratulations to Jennifer Doudna of the University of California (UC), Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – jointly the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Emmanuelle …