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… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … of principle study built off earlier approaches and offered a way for researchers to study the planet’s microbial …

… Congratulations to the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers at the JGI! … those recognized by Clarivate Analytics as “true pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, … viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing …

… This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly … Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve covered the specialized software and supercomputers behind this …

… [subhed -- copy to summary above^ as well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these … This research was supported by the Bioenergy Technology Office (BETO) within the Department of Energy’s Office of …

… A new approach for improving functional annotation in fungal genomes. The Science In a proof-of-concept study, researchers demonstrated that a new … ability to pinpoint which genes underlie unique traits in far-flung species would speed up efforts to harness species …

… Since 2019 Dr. Blaby heads the Biodesign Platform at the … National Laboratory where he focused on functional genomics of phototrophs. Through this and post-doctoral positions at University of Florida and UCLA he has worked with a wide range of … B.Sc. (HONS) – University of Wales, Cardiff, Genetics Ph.D. – University of …

… Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal … genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that … the evolution of  Dothideomycetes fungi. The  work appeared in the June issue of  Studies in Mycology . This work …

… The United States  is the world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce … causes Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) and is the major pathogen of soybean. Left uncontrolled, soybean rust could reduce … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing … closely with staff to understand the data-intensive nature of JGI workloads. Dr. Fagnan was appointed CIO of the JGI in … Kjiersten Fagnan is the JGI's Chief Informatics Officer. Click to learn more about how the JGI supports the …

… 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 measure microbial …

… [Pictured from left to right are: [Above] Sara Branco, Asdrubal Burgos, Posy Busby, Hao … Maureen Coleman and Hugh Cross; [Below] Zac Freedman, Martin Jonikas, Lotus Lofgren, Fumito Maruyama, Lauren Stadler, Tingting Xiang and …