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… for the JGI-UC Merced Internship Program was brimming with excitement and determination as they came onsite. From data carpentry … and Frederik Schulz, Structure Prediction to Annotate Novel Viruses: the Case of Polintoviruses Josue Duque and mentor …
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… A collaborative team led by Geoffrey Schiebinger at the University of British Columbia, Philip Benfey at Duke University and Uwe Ohler at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin has … 100,000 single root cells and combining the information with previously published datasets. The work was recently …
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… in 2003, following his postdoctoral training at UC Berkeley and work in the pharmaceutical industry. He holds joint appointments as Fungal and Algal Program Head at the JGI, a Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of …
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… Uncovering associations between plant roots and fungi that can help or harm plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with genomes from other plant-associated fungi. Their … of the U.S. DOE under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231 within the framework of CSP 1974 “1KFG: Deep-sequencing of …
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… National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is a network of field research sites designed to collect long-term open access ecological data to better understand how U.S. ecosystems are changing. Through the … samples and specimens per year. This NEON-focused webinar complements a recent webinar co-hosted by the JGI and EMSL …
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… really fully exist back then,” said Hal Alper, a University of Texas at Austin professor, “but we really first heard about the JGI synthesis grant during a presentation that [DNA Synthesis Science Head] … Zerbe of the University of California, Davis. “The work with JGI was one of the first things we actually started …
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… On July 30, UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted to the end of a nine-week virtual internship. The celebration was … pairs undergraduate and graduate students from UC Merced with at least one JGI mentor. Together, they work through a …
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… have been elected to the User Executive Committee of the Joint Genome Institute, a Department of Energy user … Bik of the University of Georgia, Greg Bonito of Michigan State University, Jonathan Eisen of the University of … He studies fungal biodiversity, ecology, and evolution, with a focus on microbiome sciences and fungal symbioses. He …
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… During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working virtually with JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research projects, hone science presentation skills, and participate in professional development enrichment … Blurring the Line Between Plasmids and Phages …
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… Deputy for Science Programs, he focuses on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives at the JGI. Dr. Visel received his Ph.D. in 2004 from the Max Planck Institute in Hanover, Germany, where he developed novel … science program — their areas of focus, major initiatives and more. …
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… genome discoveries. Unlocking the intricate details of life’s genetic blueprint has long been a significant challenge in genomics. Enter GenomeOcean, a powerful … language of biology — and primed for integration with artificial intelligence tools. LLMs aren’t just for …
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… A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage The … plants don’t fully decompose in peatlands, and so carbon within their tissues doesn’t return to the atmosphere. Peat … (A.J.S.) conducted by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute ( …
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