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… between DOE JGI and UC Merced to promote diversity and inclusion in science and research, two undergraduate students … receive from our faculty.” Cristhian and Bryan interned with Zhong Wang and Tanja Woyke, respectively. Both of their … at UC Merced. Cristhian and Bryan both spoke briefly about their internship experiences at the DOE JGI – revisit …

… Emily St. John, Gilberto Flores, and Peter Girguis about sampling these communities, and understanding how …

… The US Department of Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re … who have uncovered remarkable genetic secrets that bring us closer to making poplar an economical and sustainable source of energy and materials. …

… on microbial communities than ever before — especially with the prospect of meta-analyses boosted by AI and Machine … which microbes are present in a sample, to generate data about which organisms are active, and which microbes are … microbial ecosystems. These communities harbor tens of thousands of different organisms who all consume different …

… The Science Researchers report the discovery of miniature Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. The sequences were then … of California (UC), Berkeley, which is also affiliated with the Innovative Genomics Institute. The Impact The …

… analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for multiple … a decade, researchers around the world have collaborated with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … information as well as of important descriptive metadata about each strain. “This has been a very fruitful …

… Simon Roux (Cross-field)  Jeremy Schmutz (Cross-field)  Susannah Tringe (Microbiology)  Tanja Woyke (Biology and Biochemistry)  Here’s a selection of studies these busy bees contributed to:  Giant bacteria visible to the … published in  Nucleic Acids Research .  ID’ing RNA viruses with ease : Searching for RNA sequences within a database …

… Nikos Kyrpides Dan Rokhsar Simon Roux Jeremy Schmutz Susannah Tringe Tanja Woyke Below are a few projects each of … (Watch SCGSR fellows Nick Reichart and Ian Rambo talk about their experiences at the JGI.) Igor Grigoriev hosted … computational advances, and other technological developments that will enable researchers to move from …

… To put this evolutionary timescale in perspective, the genus Aspergillus has been evolving for 82 million years, … and ancient origins, fungi remain largely mysterious. Only about 200,000 fungal species have been named. Among those … written in a yet-to-be-deciphered language. Researchers with the Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute …

… plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems … and what escapes to the atmosphere in the form of greenhouse gases (e.g., carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous … than expected. The transcriptome data had suggested about a 50/50 split between fungal and bacterial enzymes. …

… the total global methane production. They are thought to use billions of tons of the carbon dioxide trapped in … on the global carbon cycle. All methanogenic archaea use one of three pathways for methanogenesis: … of them archaea. The Quake lab had previously collaborated with the JGI on a proposal using this approach through the …

… Ti’Yanna Watson and graduate student LaMonika Dent worked with JGI mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel on researching the … fellow interns and scientists alike. Want to learn more about their experience? Watch the short video below. Video … fall for my master’s in plant soil science and my career focus is plant breeding. Ti’Yanna Watson: My mentor is Dr. Yi …