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… Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) was enacted by Congress in 1980 for Superfund sites which are hazardous waste areas that require cleanup and long-term monitoring. … of the groundwater were nearly cleared of contamination. By 2020, the water was at contamination levels that are below …

… have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great … of reference genomes for fungal metagenomics. Two more CSP proposals came in 2016 that would complement these initial efforts: Spatafora and Jason Stajich from UC Riverside would focus on broad sampling …

… Sorghum genome serves as a reference for the highly complex sugarcane genome . The … now underway as part of the JGI Community Science Program (CSP), a critical factor in developing sugarcane as a … sorghum and maize, sugarcane can grow on nutrient-poorer soils and does not need to be planted annually. The modern …

… Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced worked closely with … their mentors to practice and develop presentation skills as well as build their network in the field of genomics and … the short videos highlighting the exciting work done by the 2020 cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns .   by: Ashleigh Papp …

… store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of …

… ActinoBase offers a public portal of insight into special groups of … new antiviral medicines and treatments for infectious disease. Streptomycetes are also abundant in soil and can be used as biocontrol agents and to promote … sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.  DOE’s …

… Congratulations to the JGI’s Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology … (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in the Class of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The selection …

… An improved genome assembly to support targeted tree breeding for the … to the 2014 Eucalyptus grandis reference genome that has been widely adopted. The new genome assembly resolves both haplotypes, meaning it separately … work conducted at the University of Pretoria was supported by the University of Connecticut (UConn) …

… waters and clouds of insects hover just above. Described as a “river of grass” that stretches some 580,000 square … a wide range of ecosystems ranging from wetlands to tree islands to cattails. In 2018, the US Department of Energy … armed with the proper permits, to the refuge to collect soil samples from multiple locations. Back in the classroom, …

… which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and HudsonAlpha … to standardize the experimental protocols. Then, in 2020, seven more groups joined the project to contribute to … keep updating the Gene Atlas with curated datasets from CSP projects and aim to improve plant gene function …