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… are a way to kick our addiction to fossil fuels. In this episode, we peek into how scientists Aindrila Mukhopadhyay and Steve Singer are harnessing the …

Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics … he served as a Research Molecular Biologist at the USDA for 12 years where he was a driving force behind the … and the mechanisms by which plants interact with their microbiomes. In addition, his group conducts comparative …

P. psychrophila genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga … manage the growth, yield and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass conversion to … thrives in the Arctic, and how different types of microbes form communities. As temperatures fluctuate, salt levels …

… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship internship program … the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What started with 2 interns in the … the Lab. “This project represents part of our long term efforts to contribute towards a diverse workforce and …

In this short video, UC Merced undergraduate and graduate … challenges they overcame, and what new skill sets they look forward to taking back to school.  The interns from this … it just showed me when people have a goal and passion for it, it’s possible to do amazing things. And it made me …

… highlights notable research and scientific collaborations in 2018. The cover is an image of Mono Lake, a saline soda lake east of California’s Yosemite National Park, taken by JGI’s own Jon …

… led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology (HudsonAlpha), and the U.S. Department of … natural sampling and field experiments due to its potential for habitat restoration and as a feedstock for biomass-based …

During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent … in professional development enrichment activities. For some students in the 2021 cohort, this was their first … Roots … Making Big Data Metagenomic Clustering Scalable … Cataloging Lineage Specific Conserved Genes in Giant Viruses …

… anniversary . Over the next few months, we’ll be revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our … challenges. Over the past 25 years, the JGI has hosted interns from a number of universities and organizations. … research and wet lab experiments, to computational modeling and virtual projects, hear intern alumni Candace Cole, …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The … by minimizing flood risks and filtering water. Peat formed there over thousands of years sequesters more carbon … the hummocks or the more water-logged hollows below. These preferences affect their growth rates, decomposition, and …

… part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a … tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications. Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead it … , a team of researchers likewise honed their tool before felling their research problem: at a genetic level, how …

Ian Gilman, Louis Graf, Yuxi Guo, Shaomei He, Vayu Hill- Maini, Forrest Lefler, Pok Man (Bob) Leung and Huang Li; [middle] … fungi, the effects of biochar on rhizosphere microbiomes, and the metabolic pathways of algae. They will …