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Congratulations to the proposers of the 19 proposals selected for the 2023 Community Science … to start working with this years’ crop of CSP recipients, over half of which are first-time PIs on a JGI proposal,” said Tanja Woyke , JGI’s deputy …

… insights from metagenomic data. In deep learning, a branch of machine learning, data is passed through algorithms … astonishing degrees of feature recognition: for example, a camera’s ability to recognize your face and distinguish it … to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have … , researchers led by Hal Alper at The University of Texas at Austin and Michael Jewett of Northwestern … jump in the rate of product formation.” This was the first time CRISPR-Cas9 had been used to modify a cell’s genome in …

… is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … and, if so, to what extent.  “These new groups were discovered not by cultivation, like the original methanogens … the microorganisms that we have been studying for a long time have really complicated pathways to make methane,” …

UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted to the end of a nine-week virtual internship. The celebration was … JGI staff. According to Axel Visel and Zhong Wang, founders of this internship program, this was the largest turnout for … the opportunity to learn valuable professional skills like time management and presentation skills.  “This program is …

A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in … producing sustainable fuels from alternative sources. Moreover, the team says the approach they used to validate their … sgRNAs) appeared to be rife with false negatives: that time, the team only found 359 genes to be essential. The …

… serving on the UEC – go here to view the full roster of members. Each of the researchers had their own reasons … a lab at Michigan State University. She aims to help overcome common user bottlenecks in access, analysis and … investigator who has been an active user of the JGI at any time in the past two fiscal years is eligible for election …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair, noted that one of the biggest questions was … described the early efforts in his keynote talk at JGI’s 2011 Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting: “What we …

… tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are … by climate change The team used a model from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment … to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the … is desirable in the microbiome field due to its high recovery of single-cell genomes. This is key to better … sequencing. Shotgun metagenomic sequencing takes much less time than its single-cell counterpart. In this approach, DNA …