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… begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, paving the way for future plants and trees …

Through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo Kaze, Akshay Paropkari, Vicente Ramirez and Rhondene Wint had summer 2018 internships in Walnut Creek. The … their work delivered during the 5th anniversary celebration of the internship program. Candace Cole, UC Merced JGI …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Viruses are everywhere — in soil, the sea and, of course, the … the microbes there,” said Simon Roux , the Viral Genomics Group Lead at the JGI.  To understand the …

April marks both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … graduate student working with  Susannah Tringe , JGI’s User Programs deputy and head of the Microbial Systems group …

Bob uses single-cell genomics and metagenomics to explore how microbes influence people and the environment. This includes studying the diversity, physiology and community ecology of microbes sampled from the natural environment. …

… the DOE JGI hosted 10 interns who came from a wide range of backgrounds. Many of them spent the summer crunching … the field, work at the lab bench, and also do some computational analyses at their desks. As part of the DOE JGI’s … second year of the DOE JGI/University of California, Merced Genomics Distinguished Graduate Internship Program, Susannah …

Six new members have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute … of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). They are: Ivan Baxter of the …

… fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga Plocamiomonas psychrophila can thrive in changing conditions. A … ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with … yield and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass conversion to biofuel. Summary …

Tomas uses traditional cultivation methods along with microscopy … microbial eukaryotes. He hopes to broaden our understanding of the roles these associations play in the evolutionary …

Berkeley is responsible for receiving and processing user samples. His R&D work focuses on the development of new applications utilizing a variety of technologies to …