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… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both …   ALISON:  Hey! I’m Alison Takemura at the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, or JGI.  Two special days … a little bit of both of the pathways.  ALISON: Karolina studies these CAM-C3 hybrids. KAROLINA:  Some of these …

… A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements metagenomics studies. The Science Researchers demonstrated the value of conducting large-scale single cell genomics by collecting … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of Chytridiomycota (the “chytrids”).  A collaborative team … of fungi by James et al. and Sekimoto et al . In both studies, however, Olpidium was unexpectedly grouped with … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a written report that is published in a … above all else, determination. Rhondene Wint, an alumna of the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)-UC Merced internship … of Wint’s mentors and a data scientist at the JGI. Previous studies were conducted on one or few genomes, but Wint’s …

… Dr. Yasuo Yoshikuni has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program is to harness the power of DNA synthesis, strain engineering, and biosystems design … at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s population, the … study from a JGI-led team uncovered giant viruses in the soil for the first time. The current study applied a …

… Her current research focuses on leveraging thousands of metagenomic datasets from host-associated and … Fellow at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as part of the Marine Microbiology Initiative. She conducted her … at the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and her graduate work in …

… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … and environments, including natural and agricultural soils, human- and animal-host associated, and ocean and … “It’s a dataset that is going to facilitate many more studies subsequently. And I hope JGI and other institutions …