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… his doctoral research in synthetic biology and microfluidics at the University of California, San Diego. As the Sequencing Technology … wide range of JGI user science projects spanning bacteria, fungi, and plants. His team is also developing single-nuclei … BS in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of California, San Diego PhD in Molecular Biology, …

… 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, … with names — but not doors — and robots handle a bunch of benchwork. …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … to the ascomycetes, one of the two main branches of fungi); another is a photosynthetic microbe, tucked in the … molecular mechanisms can help researchers better model global carbon and nitrogen cycling. Summary To shed light on …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … complete draft genome sequence. At the time, the vital global source of both protein and oil was also the largest … to sequence — roughly 1.25 billion Gb (gigabasepairs — most fungi are around 50 million Mb, or megabases, in size). So, …

… The JGI was honored to host some of the brightest minds in genetics as part of our  2022 Annual Meeting . The meeting was a hybrid … the sea, that you all know,” Vardi shared. Crucial for the global carbon cycle, photosynthetic phytoplankton do not … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. … is poised to become an essential tool for researching global viral diversity. geNomad has already been downloaded thousands of … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute …

… Adapting the graduate research experience amidst a global pandemic   …

… Dr. Malmstrom is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements of in situ growth rates and carbon consumption of SAR11 bacteria, the most abundant bacterial group in the …