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Kaushal Sharma, one of five Antioch High School rising juniors who … through the Biotech Partners program is now an author on a Nucleic Acids Research publication. The paper describes the version 6 data updates and …

… in the soil, and microbes are the VIPs. They’re feasting on the compounds that plants secrete through their roots, creating a lively zone called the rhizosphere. In this episode, biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has your backstage pass. …

Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at … America: guayule.  This episode was made in collaboration with our friends at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.       …

Rich and Matthew Sullivan. He shared a few thoughts on his summer at JGI through a program that provides …

… for bioenergy. In this episode, hear from Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists who have uncovered remarkable … genetic secrets that bring us closer to making poplar an economical and sustainable source of energy and materials. …

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

Genome Institute (JGI) Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting! The JGI convenes this annual gathering of leaders from diverse … are addressing the world’s most pressing energy and environmental challenges.  The invited talks emphasize how the …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who was recently selected as the 2025 recipient of … development of the virus and plasmid workflows for the National Microbiome Data Collaborative.  This award recognizes …

… the New Lineages of Life Group. His research is focussed on the discovery of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and viruses in environmental sequence data. Dr. Schulz employs multi-omics … and phylogenomics) and machine learning to find novel functions that may impact microbiome structure and biogeochemical …

Registration has closed.  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint … Genome Institute (JGI) is offering a five-day workshop on Microbial Genomics and Metagenomics. Details: mgm.jgi.doe.gov   This highly hands-on workshop is designed to familiarize users with the …

In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But what trends govern those virus-host interactions? Do generalist viruses run rampant, capable of infecting … that they lyse the cell — a process called lytic infection. But some viruses are also able to play a long game. In a …