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… with specific questions regarding their proposed research are encouraged to schedule time with Tanja Woyke . Click to … Tanja Woyke is the Microbial Science Program Head as well as our Deputy of User Programs. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… interns一Socheata Hour, Yibing Wang, and Brandon Imstepf一were selected to continue their research projects through … talented scientists and staff at the JGI.” Listed below are the interns, their mentors, and their summer projects: …

… actually help promote soil health. Summary Soil viruses are a reservoir of genetic diversity and capable of … .  The team was led by researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), with additional support … viruses thought to break down chitin, the gene sequences were cloned by the JGI.  The JGI’s DNA synthesis team …

… will be accepted that address any aspect of these mission areas, priority will be given to projects that address the areas of special emphasis that are listed in the call and … capabilities. All proposals will be externally peer-reviewed for scientific merit, DOE mission relevance, proposed …

… Uncovering associations between plant roots and fungi that can help or harm plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Their findings were described in a recent Nature Communications paper . The …

… a nonprofit that provides underserved youth in the Bay Area with personal, academic and professional development … in higher education and access to fulfilling science careers, JGI hosted five students from Antioch High School …

… comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant world … the remixing of genes in the next generation of flowering vegetation. In return for their services, bees eat … the microbial community carries out its helpful metabolism: who’s responsible for what biochemical processes? Now, an …

… the genomes of four  Zygnematophyceae algae, which were isolated from diverse freshwater environments. Arising in tandem from the same ancestor, these algae are considered sisters to land plants, based on shared … bodies and the ability to adapt to different environments were deeply rooted in the common ancestor of algae and land …

… from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve covered the specialized software and supercomputers behind this project. But every part …

… and environmental solutions, fostering a bioeconomy powered by nature’s resources. … environmental sustainability. Fungi, with million species, are essential for ecosystem functioning — particularly in … are crucial for sustainable plant biomass production as well as converting biomass into bioenergy and bioproducts. …

… Dr. Sneddon is an accomplished leader in data, software, compute, and AI for large-scale genomics and lab … management (LIMS) system. He previously led the NGS Software team and metagenomic data platform at Zymergen, a synthetic biology company that went public and was later acquired by Ginkgo Bioworks. …