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We count on livestock for food and fiber, but raising these animals also produces an atmosphere-warming gas: … emissions mainly come from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI …

… applying his internship lessons on presentations to peatlands Travis Lawrence sits in his backyard in Tennessee — the birds are chirping and a soft breeze ripples through the trees in his backyard. … fine tune his approach. “I got a lot of that from Zhong.”   Publication: Carrell AA et al. Habitat-adapted microbial …

In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among … In one article, Micro-Scale Applications head Rex Malmstrom and Metagenome Program head Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh outline more … approaches with the aim of eventually studying virus-host dynamics in nature. In the last few years, mapping the …

… the theme “Science is Society,” hosts sessions in New Orleans and online. Register for the meeting here. Here are some sessions of interest (all times in PST unless otherwise noted): … Research Inc.: “Subsurface measurements of nitrogen dynamics in agricultural soil” 4pm Convention Center, Poster …

Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics … closely with staff to understand the data-intensive nature of JGI workloads. Dr. Fagnan was appointed CIO of the JGI in … … About the JGI Chief Informatics Officer … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …

A group led by JGI scientists have made strides in improving and applying a method that allows researchers to quickly … ( CRAGE ). CRAGE enables scientists to insert large pieces of DNA (up to 60 kb) in a single step, directly into the … to rapidly label  E. coli  in order to monitor population dynamics in co-culture. These experiments aim to inform the …

… probing helps ID novel interactions between bacteria and fungi The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial … a wide variety of microbes, including both bacteria and archaea, actively engaging with the fungi — highlighting the …

Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter …

Originally conceived as a UC Merced graduate student summer … at the JGI, the Genomics Internship Program soon expanded to include undergraduate students. To date, more than 80 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of numerous JGI scientists. Interns say their experiences …

Biotech Partners provides integrated and high-touch programs that empower … They encourage students to pursue personal, academic, and professional development experiences through in-classroom …

Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately identify mobile genetic elements like … to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool  …