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… Dr. Roux joined the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His … 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. …

… an internship program to bring students to the JGI for research training experience. Enabled by the DOE RENEW … to gain hands-on experience in molecular biology and plant functional genomics, because this work is essential for improving crop …

… plants can’t run away, they’ve evolved these really tough cell wall materials that keep microbes — and the enzymes … a chemical and biological engineer at the University of California Santa Barbara. So plants don’t break down without a … standards.  A year later, her team used proteomics, genomics and transcriptomics to discover another advantage …

… manage the growth, yield and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass conversion to … several points in time to assess nutrient concentration and cell death. Immediately upon transfer, the experimental … significant stress with a higher proportion of dead cells recorded. Samples were taken again at two, six, 12 and …

… and Elizabeth “Lizzy” Wilbanks of the University of California, Santa Barbara. They join eight other JGI users … Wilbanks has served on review panels for the JGI’s Functional Genomics CSP and the JGI-EMSL FICUS programs and brings …

… who has been appointed the Loretta Purdy Spencer Chair in Genomics at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology! Loretta Spencer served as a manyterm mayor of Huntsville, Alabama and is known for her contributions to rapidly growing the economy of …

… out to many researchers with the hope of getting support for a research project for his class of 18 juniors.  He got … with the students.  The project provided the students the freedom to define the specifics. It took the coming together … a deeper understanding of both the research process and metagenomics while legitimately contributing to the body of …

… On September 1, JGI held a JGI Engagement: Pro Tips for Successful Community Science Program (CSP) Applications … to submit white papers to the CSP  New Investigator call for proposals.  Tips: Contact us with your questions … stay under the 500-gigabase cap and that you don’t request outside of the sample range that’s listed. Q: What are the …

… and Sheree Yao. ] ] The JGI welcomed 14 scientists selected for our 2026 Community Science Program Large Scale call. … Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC) to produce open metagenomics data. Taking the JGI’s call for large-scale … efforts including systems-based approaches to unravel functional capabilities of plants, microbes and microbial …

… a 2012 Community Science Program proposal. Joseph Spatafora of Oregon State University led the effort to sequence 1000 fungal genomes to create two reference … for an encyclopedia of reference genomes for fungal metagenomics. Two more CSP proposals came in 2016 that would …