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… when migrating back to the ocean. The Science Scientists have discovered flagella in an unexpected place: hot … microorganisms for biofuel production and other sustainable applications. Summary Hot springs are … … The work (proposal:  https://doi.org/10.46936/10.25585/60000691 , and  …

The JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) recently welcomed three new members … of California, Santa Barbara. They join eight other JGI users already serving on the UEC – go here to view the full … Greenham stepped down at the end of her term. In late 2023, the JGI launched a solicitation for nominations for …

P. psychrophila genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The Science The … yield and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass conversion to biofuel. Summary … environment of comparable salinity.  Researchers collected samples at several points in time to assess nutrient …

The first time I did this internship in the summer of 2020, it was a time where the world literally stopped. …

… at one of the DOE national laboratories or national user facilities. As a result of the latest call , a total of … UC Merced School of Natural Sciences. “I’m deeply concerned about climate change and this is a remarkable opportunity to … the Baker lab to study microbial communities from sediment samples across spatial and temporal scales. Rambo also plans …

… communities change with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria (phototrophs) in Antarctica’s Ace Lake defy … scant, Ace Lake’s bacteria instead go through a boom and bust cycle aligned with light availability. A long-running … producers fueling our planet’s biogeochemical cycles. Water samples from Ace Lake were collected over a 10-year period …

Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex … of the National Academy of Sciences . The team focused on the dominant bacterial clades shared between honey … pollen’s pectin and hemicellulose are degraded mainly by just two clades:  Gilliamella,  which mostly resides in the …

… (Berkeley Lab) and other institutions shared their works-in-progress with 86 participants in an online workshop to … data, or DNA sequencing data gathered from whole samples rather than single cells or isolated strains, is … workshop, Volkan Sevim, a computational biologist at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), …

New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of … The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using oxygen) to remove lignin … Research of the U.S. Department of Energy grant DE-SC0020420 (MAO), Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies …

… between the JGI and the information technology company Truss has resulted in the JGI Data Portal , a pilot download … . Although the Data Portal is currently only accessible via Phytozome, the improvements it encompasses are more … areas of focus and data and computational needs. Over its 23-year history, JGI has produced more than 13 petabytes of …

Every summer, the flagship JGI-UC Merced Internship Program invites undergraduate and graduate students to engage in real, … JGI mentors. In this episode, hear two interns from the 2021 cohort describe their deep dives into genomics, …

… is interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his focus was primarily on how plants interpret different light … … University of California, San Diego (PhD, 2011) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.S., 2006) … List …