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… In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint … but also the ability to understand the complicated evolutionary history of strawberry in such detail is … Session mentioned that the analysis for determining the evolutionary history of strawberries wasn’t completely …

… Dr. Baumgart joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2018, following his doctoral research in synthetic biology and microfluidics at the University of California, San Diego. As the … diverse plant tissues. Dr. Baumgart focuses on expanding functional genomics capabilities through process automation …

… user engagement. The Science In addition to the core set of "primary metabolites"—chemical compounds shared by most … growth and reproduction—most organisms produce a set of "secondary metabolites," chemical compounds that often … more than 13 million BGCs in the catalog at the time of publication, it is the largest repository of BGC sequence …

… When local students Maya Hanck of Carondelet High School and Tim Kostolansky of De La Salle High School expressed an interest in learning … synthetic biology, Robert Evans and Jan-Fang Cheng in the Functional Genomics group took it upon themselves to mentor …

… Dr. Louie joined the JGI in 2014 to develop the metabolomics program, and in 2019 became … efforts to expand the metabolomics capabilities and product offerings for JGI users.  Using cutting-edge mass … for integrating metabolomics with genomic data (MAGI) for functional annotation and identifying unknown compounds …

… Novel study looks at microbiomes in aerial surfaces of plants and their roles in plant health and environmental … they found that microbial community composition and functional potential varied across tree species and sites, … summer project in the JGI-UC Merced Internship Program. In 2023, Shayna Bennett, a UC Merced graduate student in …

… genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is a … screen, they can now identify microbes with specific functional characteristics. When they tested the screen … those that are in low abundances—and their functional roles in their community. This study shows how …

… An article summarizing the field of viral metagenomics, authored by JGI researchers Lee … Microbiome Data Science Group led by Kyrpides. Since early 2020, people all over the world have been forced to confront … are at fending off the infection, and how long this evolutionary arms race has been going on.  Answering these …

… Dr. Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials Initiative, a … at Berkeley Lab. She is spearheading the development of a joint user capability between the JGI and Molecular … PhD, Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida NIH Postdoctoral Researcher, UCLA …

… The JGI was honored to host some of the brightest minds in genetics as part of our  2022 … users at our 2022 Annual Meeting, Wessler discussed the revolutionary work of Barbara McClintock, who discovered … mutations that, for example, turn maize (where McClintock originally discovered TEs) into corn starch. “There are lots …

… Dr. Malmstrom is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements of in situ growth … Probing (SIP) Metagenomics pipeline  that reveals in situ functional activities of specific microbial groups within …

… for the global research community. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) has released … Serve the Changing Planet (download a copy at jointgeno.me/2024StrategicPlan .) This plan aligns the DOE Office of … solutions for bioproducts to support the bioeconomy. Functional diversity theme. Reading the genomes of …