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… Newly developed chemiluminescent biosensors shed light on how bacteria function and … in regulating microbial cellulose production and biofilm formation, which affects a number of environments, including … Additionally, it opens the door to measuring real-time changes in cyclic di-GMP via live cell imaging. Summary From …

… Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, after completing a petascale … Kjiersten Fagnan is the JGI's Chief Informatics Officer. Click to learn more about how the JGI … The Chief Informatics Officer provides advice and strategic direction …

… bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The Science To better understand how beneficial … are transmitted between host generations, researchers investigated the role that bacteria living within a host … in early fungi and discovered genes that are critical for this process. The Impact In the absence of the …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a … The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) … Asterochloris glomerata . To see how gene expression changes when living together versus apart, the team grew the …

… enabled by the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes … more than 10 papers, including two Nature Plants publications, in five years, have come out of the … PI on this project. “I view the program as an excellent platform to build collaborative research initiatives.” Yasuo …

… 25th anniversary. Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our … challenges.   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass breakdown. They’ve spent millions … a chemical and biological engineer at the University of California Santa Barbara. So plants don’t break down without a …

… During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working virtually … in professional development enrichment activities. For some students in the 2021 cohort, this was their first … career enjoyed the chance to develop new skills needed for their PhD research. And for the first time in this …

… Select interns look back on meaningful lessons from their summer … next generation of STEM professionals. Students can apply for internships and work onsite with an experienced … kind of wrapping up your internship, has this internship changed, in your mind, anything about the career path that …

… Sequencing technology has changed dramatically over the last  25-plus years since the JGI’s inception, making it possible for researchers to get a close look at more ecosystems and … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass Miscanthus sinensis has been … This work was supported by the Energy Biosciences Institute and the DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and …

… Kelly Wrighton and her group at Colorado State University in Fort Collins have a massive undertaking: sequencing the world’s river …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … challenges. In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was published in the journal … 2015 JGI Annual Meeting:   Francis Martin on how JGI has changed mycology, excerpted from his talk at the 2015 JGI …