Search

… On July 8, JGI’s DNA Synthesis Science group held a  JGI Engagement: … development and its applications. “I moved to UC Davis in 2014,” recalled Philipp Zerbe of the University of … Are the JGI capabilities described in this webinar only offered through the CSP Functional Genomics call? A(nswer): It’s …

… the Probst lab used to search for and find 13 additional predicted viral  genomes . The team dubbed these viruses … Altiarchaea build immunity to viruses. To do so, they compared samples collected from an aquifer in 2012 and 2018 against a biofilm sample collected in 2018. They looked …

… of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired six UC Merced students with seven JGI researchers for … Hear from five of the Summer 2019 interns, who briefly shared their experiences below. Name: Noelle Anderson Class … Mentors: Igor Grigoriev and Asaf Salamov, Fungal and Algal Program What effect has your summer internship with …

… Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency declared the North Railroad Avenue Plume (NRAP) a Superfund site. … and Liability Act (CERCLA) was enacted by Congress in 1980 for Superfund sites which are hazardous waste areas that … clean up the toxic chemicals is commonly known as Enhanced Reductive Dechlorination (ERD.) It is dependent on the …

… special issue of the journal Synthetic Biology puts the spotlight on JGI’s DNA design and synthesis superpower. Through … Program, which started in 2012, and what they’ve discovered through their collaborations. One review article in the … ways of controlling the pathway enzymes, and thus evaluate changes to the pathway more quickly.  The JGI has also …

… and bioenergy production. Together with resequencing of 1,984 cultivars and landraces, these data capture the diversity … drive genetic change in lines, as well as how structural changes connect to specific traits. They also saw … turning off the shattering gene resulted from single-base changes in DNA, called single nucleotide polymorphisms. …

… genome was sequenced by the JGI in 2009 and it is considered to be a Flagship Plant. By uncovering and characterizing … are well known to be partially due to the DNA sequence that makes up an individual’s genome. The genes of sorghum plants … and its microbiome. For three consecutive years (2016-2018), researchers conducted large-scale experiments in the …

… following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and CRAGE technologies. While CRISPR (Clustered … secondary metabolites within a lab environment, shining a light into this “biological dark matter.”  It also offers … The impact of the pairing could prove to be much more far-reaching. The compatibility of CRAGE and CRISPR could …

… Miscanthus and switchgrass.  Innumerable road trips and hundreds of plants have resulted in a paper published October 5, … leads to reduced harvest yields. Over thousands of years, farmers have selected for cereal plants without this … associated with leaf angle, which determines how much sunlight leaves can get and in turn serves as a predictor of …

… Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop varieties … for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying and breeding varieties that have … guiding the location of the common gardens. “Gardeners and farmers fully understand that when you move plants outside …

… in this publication during her summer internship in 2018. She selected one of the projects posted by JGI fungal … to build proteins. What Wint and her mentors discovered in the genomes helped to reinforce Charles Darwin’s … Wint’s other mentor and head of the JGI Fungal and Algal Program. Paying It Forward Wint, originally from …