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In   April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25.  On March 17, 2020, a shelter-in-place order for all residents took effect in six San Francisco Bay Area … statewide. In this brief captioned video, JGI Chief Informatics Officer Kjiersten Fagnan reflects on the personal …

Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key … take a look at what happens to that storage when a rainforest hits a drought. Tag along with their experiments in a …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … challenges, characterizing viruses is a key step. For decades, though, many viruses have been somewhat … easier access to these viral genomes. The new database was called IMG/VR. It featured samples from different ecosystems …

… from the panel discussion  here . Contact  Robin Johnston for followup questions.     … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

Hosted by the JGI and co-organized with NIST,  the goal of the Viral EcoGenomics & Applications (VEGA) symposium was … to all of our in-person and virtual attendees! Click here for the event photos. Keynote Speakers Katrine Whiteson , UC … (LBNL), Stephanie Servetas (NIST), Devaki Bhaya (Stanford), Gary Trubl (LLNL), Scott Jackson (NIST) …

… characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in … back story — they rely on enzymes that have been evolving for billions of years. However, these enzymes are often … gap, by tracing the evolution of a specific enzyme family called aminotransferases (ATs). These enzymes play a crucial …

… serving on the UEC – go here to view the full roster of members. Each of the researchers had their own reasons for wishing to serve on the UEC. For microbial ecologist … sees the JGI’s open application process for proposal calls as an opportunity to broadly increase access. He aims …

… — making it difficult to grasp a deeper understanding of fundamental aspects of fern biology and, more broadly, … metabolites and associated genes are great resources for bioremediation, new agricultural applications or … distant cousin. Ceratopteris richardii, or C-fern, specifically has been studied in plant research laboratories and …

JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of … Walnut Creek, after countless generations of sequencing platforms (up to 120 sequencing machines at maximum) maintained by a workforce that numbered more than 100 at its peak, all the …

Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature … States. They also provided multiple access points to the information. The team harnessed a community-science program to … available, river-focused microbial resource that provides information at multiple scales from genes to the community …

JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland Hatzenpichler of Montana State University, Teresa Pawlowska of Cornell … of members. Each of the researchers had particular reasons for wanting to serve on the UEC. Hatzenpichler, who studies … systems, noted that she would like to help advance JGI efforts aimed at “understanding complex communities and …

Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The … by a growing human population and increasing demand for agricultural products.  Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is … plants with nutrients and pathogen protection. Specifically, gene expression in that set, implicated in AMF …