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Two new high-resolution crystal structures of carboxysome pentamer proteins reveal high structural conservation of CcmL orthologs among distantly related cyanobacterial species
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Toasting to the 2020 JGI-UC Merced Summer Internship Program
On July 30, UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted … one JGI mentor. Together, they work through a specific project that aligns with each intern’s interests or … in some cases daily, check-ins with their mentors to ensure projects progressed despite the challenges of remote work. …
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A Powerful Technique to Study Microbes, Now Easier
Lawrence Livermore National Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to help process experiments that …
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JGI@25: Fueling Investigation into Methane-Making Microbes
In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … Hungate1000, a catalog of 410 rumen microbe genomes. The project relied upon resources from laboratories around the … research offshoots in totally different areas, beyond the project’s initial scope. Sequencing and culturing this vast …
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Susannah Tringe Named 2020 DOE Lawrence Award Recipient
Congratulations to Susannah Tringe , one of eight scientists and engineers who received the 2020 … of Berkeley Lab’s Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, and JGI’s deputy for user programs. She …
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Nitrosococcus watsonii sp. nov., a new species of marine obligate ammonia‐oxidizing bacteria that is not omnipresent in the world's oceans: calls to validate the names ‘Nitrosococcus halophilus’ and ‘Nitrosomonas mobilis’
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Ancient Algae Reveal Secrets of Plant Evolution
Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants conquer land over 600 … Change’ (SPP 2237), and grant 410739858 in the frame of the project CharMod to K.v.S., as well as RE 1697/16-1 (CharMod) …
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Getting to the core of the gut microbiome
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Ray Turner Completes Last Tour of Lab Duty at JGI
For the last 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. On July 1, … at a high level as JGI transitioned from the Human Genome Project to gaining momentum as a national user facility. He … Your ethics always point due north.” Joe Harkins served as project lead on the new building that would eventually rise …
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2022 Progress Report
Genome Institute (JGI). Researchers from the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase), the National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC), and Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area are also co-located in the IGB. Vision The vision of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …
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Hiroshi Otani
Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, particularly actinomycetes. His research activity is focused on developing and implementing new technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he studied …
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Adopt-A-Genome
… (California State San Marcos) about how the Adopt-A-Genome project got started. Plus, Kalyani Maitra (California State Fresno) and two students, Angela and Mark Soghomonian share what it was like to take on one of these genomes.  …
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