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… attain a renewable energy future? Can they help lock away more carbon? Xiaohan Yang, a scientist at Oak Ridge …

… of standardized fabricated ecosystems (EcoFABs) designed for precise manipulation and reproducible experimentation of … dynamic interactions, offering an unparalleled platform for exchanging ideas, forming collaborations, and charting …

UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, JGI’s … Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi from … explained: “One of the hallmarks of JGI is our diverse workforce and our diverse collaborators around the world. That …

Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately identify mobile … and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in … researchers must examine the interactions that happen between tiny organisms (microbes) located in soils and …

Dr. Udwary serves as a computational biologist for JGI’s Secondary Metabolites group. His research interests lie in use and development of bioinformatics tools for elucidation of biosynthetic gene …

… and the biosphere), including the global carbon cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and microbial … of an obligate symbiont—entirely dependent on the other for required nutrients—is genome size. The obligate … cells. The most conserved region in the SPEARE proteins appears to be involved in DNA degradation, and these proteins …

Dr. Roux joined the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the … link viruses to their host(s), collaboration with JGI users for analyzing viral datasets, and the organization of community-building efforts in the field of viral ecogenomics. For this role, Dr. …

Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to reconstruct and model gene regulatory pathways used by the filamentous fungus  Neurospora crassa, and … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

Chloroplast mimic a platform to capture and utilize carbon in a synthetic fixation … ultimately aims to develop an artificial photosynthesis pathway that would more efficiently remove carbon from the … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

Congratulations to the JGI’s Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American … of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The selection process for AAM Fellows is based on their records of scientific … leaders in the field of microbiology and are relied upon for authoritative advice and insight on critical issues in …

… works in partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and HudsonAlpha researchers led a team that  recently … urea showed nitrogen and amino acid-specific metabolic pathways were overrepresented in the nitrate-subjected plants …