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… Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired six UC Merced students with seven JGI … and learn something totally new during my Ph.D. What is/has been one of your favorite things about your JGI internship? … anyone in the Institute to get feedback and insights on the project and everyone’s willingness to guide or mentor me …
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… The JGI was honored to host some of the brightest minds in genetics as part of our 2022 Annual Meeting . The … – serving as half of the photosynthetic activity on Earth,” Weizmann explained. These algae take up carbon … to know at the beginning of my career, with my postdoctoral project beginning with her strains,” Wessler explained. “She …
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… the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in plants can be befuddling. Most species are … the first time, the sex chromosomes of shrub willow have been sequenced with sufficient resolution to analyze their … (2017YFC0505203, 2016YFD0600101), and the National Key Project for Basic Research (2012CB114504). The work …
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… Through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo Kaze, Akshay … scientists who have done the groundbreaking work you’ve been reading about for years! And you can ask them about it! … by passionate scientists working on interdisciplinary projects. I feel inspired to pursue a career in STEM. …
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… with C. richardii The Science Fern genomes are huge, and incredibly complex — making it difficult to grasp a deeper understanding of … cousin. Ceratopteris richardii, or C-fern, specifically has been studied in plant research laboratories and plant … to Z.-H.C.). B.A.A. and D.W.S. acknowledge funding for this project from the Ambrose Monell Foundation. …
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… This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly … the specialized software and supercomputers behind this project. But every part of this project depends on lakewater samples — so this episode is a …
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… land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative, … Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key gene groups involved in stress tolerance and multicellularity enabled …
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… Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, … they set out to analyze 500 metagenomes, it was the biggest project the JGI had ever put together. The next 3 episodes …
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… Learn more about JGI’s MycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced fungal genomes, omics … genomes and those external genomes that enable JGI CSP projects – please first contact us at [email protected] … in future developments of the portal. 14. Q: Has there been any interest in using JBrowse / JB2 for genomic views …
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… For the Joint Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a quadrillion nucleotide bases of … JGI supports, include JGI’s emerging leadership role in a Microbiome Data Science effort (pages 37-39) and the …
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… During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent … virtually with JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research projects, hone science presentation skills, and participate … the previous year and continue working on their research project! The JGI-UC Merced internship program was founded in …
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