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… out every two weeks. This time, we’ve got a great interview with Ben Shen, from the Scripps Research Institute in … can cause all kinds of crazy havoc depending on what the drug wants to do. ALISON: Okay, so it’s for drug … product chemistry? BEN:  Yeah. So, I was trained as a plant natural product chemist. When I first started in …

… Uncovering associations between plant roots and fungi that can help or harm plant host … genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with genomes from other plant-associated fungi. Their … but they’re not always immediately apparent. Similarly, the microbes found in plant roots may have unknown roles. Some …

… We offer internship opportunities through working directly with specific universities, continuing education programs in the Bay Area, and established programs affiliated with the Berkeley Lab A-LIFT team.    Overall, our aim is to … JGI-UC Merced internship program, a similar collaboration with AAMU was launched in 2024.  …

… Submit research proposals  here that integrate genomics with nanoscale science, accelerating discoveries and … subsequent processing from that point. JGI provides users with various outputs free of charge, including data such as … user. Most users of the Molecular Foundry work side-by-side with our scientists at Berkeley Lab. Access to the Molecular …

… sentinel oaks of the Golden State have been succumbing to a pathogen. This ‘“alien’” organism — one previously unseen — … ra-MOR-um) the genus in Latin translates to “plant destroyer” and it has served as just that on a … lead the Forest Pathology and Mycology Laboratory. Together with his colleague Douglas Schmidt and UC Davis professor …

… The exponential growth of DNA sequencing data, coupled with recent computational technology advances in management, … of data science in tackling grand challenges in Biology, with a special focus on microbiome research.  These efforts … and massive reconstruction of genomes from uncultivated microbes (Nature 2019). Other projects in the group include …

… advanced sequencing technologies to decode the genomes of microbes in their natural environments. This work … encompasses bacteria, archaea, and micro-eukaryoes, along with their associated viruses and mobile genetic elements. … and many other applications. By understanding how microbes contribute to ecosystem functions, the Program …

… at any career stage. Generally, most users are able to work with Berkeley Lab.  However, users from certain countries … authorization from other U.S. government agencies to work with Berkeley Lab, a process which can take 6 months or longer to obtain with no guarantee of approval.    JGI staff are not eligible …

… the Sequencing Technologies team, relies on collaborations with Science Programs and Operations teams to enable the … sequence analysis to recover the genomes of uncultivated microbes. We also apply labeling strategies that allow us to select specific uncultivated microbes for sequencing based on their level of metabolic …

… Science Program, to use microbiome science to help make plants more resilient to drought. …

… Previously, researchers had to apply to each facility with separate review schedules and selection processes, … fundamental science experiments in ways they couldn’t with projects undertaken separately at individual user … of funds. All data is made publicly available in accordance with  JGI’s Data Policy . In cases where the JGI provides …