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… have been elected to the User Executive Committee of the Joint Genome Institute, a Department of Energy user … regular participants of the JGI annual user meeting and New Lineages of Life symposia. Bik is a recipient of the … membership in the UEC, Bik aims to serve as an advocate for early-career scientists and unconventional sample types such …

… start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella … The team found that, unlike pathogenic or mycorrhizal fungi (mutualist symbionts that induce structural changes in … the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) sponsored by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research at the …

… more to come in 2020. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley … professional development. “There are a lot of really great early career people here at JGI who could take advantage of …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership more clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one … to the ascomycetes, one of the two main branches of fungi); another is a photosynthetic microbe, tucked in the …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … to sequence — roughly 1.25 billion Gb (gigabasepairs — most fungi are around 50 million Mb, or megabases, in size). So, …

… is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their potential contributions to … Pathways And there is something special about these new lineages recently tied to methanogenesis. Unlike the  …

… As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 Annual … work of the human genome project, which spanned nearly two decades, was filled with ups and downs, challenges … in anticipating the challenges and addressing the problems early when they’re small, easier to deal with and before …

… years where he was a driving force behind the development of numerous genomic resources that fostered the widespread adoption of Brachypodium distachyon as an experimental model for the … collaboration with industrial partners, generated hundreds of transgenic switchgrass lines in an effort to create …

… than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, … Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi … and hard work have carried it through the difficult early stages, so I can begin biological analysis of the data …

… in sequences affect traits. In a text file, the rows of letters A, T, C and G appearing over and over in a dizzying array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the … what TFs and regulatory networks are conserved across fungi.” Using multiDAP-seq, Nagy’s team is comparing five …

… Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a scientific … students (and their mentors) how to begin establishing a professional presence through getting credit for any scientific contribution they make, whether as part of a course or internship, and before ever publishing a …

… Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired … interactions to functional genomics. Hear from five of the Summer 2019 interns, who briefly shared their … below. Name: Noelle Anderson Class Year: At the time of the internship, 4th year PhD student in Quantitative and …