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… Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots … and robots have made these experiments easier for scientists everywhere. …

… the world’s river microbiomes. And they’re using team science to do it.   …

… bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More than two billion years ago, cyanobacteria … and Saganbacteria were named for Carl Sagan, a renowned science popularizer and communicator (and at one time, the … of UC Berkeley geomicrobiologist Jill Banfield, a longtime JGI collaborator, postdoctoral fellow Paula Matheus …

… to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who was recently selected … management best practices that have advanced the microbial sciences. The Prize also recognizes innovative and impactful analysis of microbiome data that has changed our understanding of the microbiome and the microbial …

… Dr. Yasuo Yoshikuni has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program is … has supported over 250 projects since it started. At the JGI, Dr. Yoshikuni also manages the Synthetic Biology … joining the JGI, Dr. Yoshikuni was co-founder and chief science officer at a clean technology startup, Bio …

… the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) through the JGI Community Science Program (CSP) .  Through this collaboration, in … working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… the direction of programs and initiatives to enhance the JGI’s preeminence as a national resource. Members report to the JGI Director. …

… Find protocols provided by JGI and the JGI user community below for DNA preparation tools, high molecular-weight DNA extraction and RNA preparation.  JGI sample QC protocols can be found here . DNA Extraction …

… of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s … as carbon sinks and minimize their role as carbon sources. Summary Sphagnum, a genus of just under 400 mosses … Harvesting peat for energy has been increasingly discouraged due to associated greenhouse gas emissions as well …

… In our warming world, we’ll need corn, sorghum and other crops …

… on meaningful lessons from their summer experiences at the JGI Berkeley Lab offers a variety of programs to help … program at UC Berkeley. Sally Liao came in through the DOE  Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship program, while … important to know who you're talking to and, like, know your audience and cater what you're saying to the audience, …

… Dr. Blow joined the JGI in 2009, and currently heads the Genome Analysis group. … provide analysis support and R&D for production and user science. He received his Ph.D. from the Wellcome Trust … in human and other vertebrate genomes. When he joined the JGI, he worked as a project scientist and then as a research …