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… the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo Kaze, Akshay Paropkari, Vicente Ramirez and … their work delivered during the 5th anniversary celebration of the internship program. Candace Cole, UC Merced JGI … their work. It’s fun to be around people who are generous with their time and like nerding out about the big stuff, …

… for bioenergy.   The Science Hydrothermal vents are ocean-floor openings in the Earth’s crust that emit hot, … get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … seeps through cracks in the Earth’s crust and reacts with very hot rocks below, becoming an extremely hot, …

… from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for … The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … in their hunt for anaerobic fungi. By growing extracts without oxygen in ruminant fluid — which smells terrible …

… genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that “taught” a computer how to classify 101 … includes fungi that obtain nutrients from decaying organic matter (saprobes), and many plant pathogens known to …

The human-centered, agile collaboration between the JGI and the … from the other JGI Portals, as well. “For thousands of scientists around the world, the JGI Genome Portal is a … , IMG , GOLD , MycoCosm , and PhycoCosm , serve researchers with unique areas of focus and data and computational needs. …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … livestock — specifically, from the methane-making microbes within their rumen. There is another climate-minded reason …

A two-day kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) marked the visit of an esteemed interdisciplinary delegation from the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany with the aim of intensifying collaborations in the fields of …

For the last 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. On July 1, 2020, that … as a typical monthly JGI All-Hands Meeting, after a couple of perfunctory items, the agenda went off the rails – … home office (garage). There, standing at a safe distance, with proper face covering, was JGI’s Administrative Services …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to … how microbes might be influencing its health.  He sat down with me to talk about his project, and riffed a bit on what …

Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … are bacteria that act like tiny natural engineers with special skills to break down pollutants and recycle … study published in  The ISME Journal     focused on a class within  Chloroflexota called  Dehalococcoidia . Some  …

… below, captions are available) spotlighted the metabolomic analysis capability available through the  Community Science … (CSP) . This includes mass spectrometry-based measurements of primary and secondary metabolites from plants, … and Ben Bowen of the  JGI Metabolomics Program , along with Jenny Mortimer, Director of Plant Systems Biology at …

DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy … (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, Keedrian Olmstead was back on campus at the University of … JGI researcher, Zhong Wang, have adjunct faculty positions with the SNS, and Wang’s group was hosting another QSB …