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UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted to the end of a nine-week virtual internship. The celebration was … JGI staff. According to Axel Visel and Zhong Wang, founders of this internship program, this was the largest turnout for … to ensure projects progressed despite the challenges of remote work. In addition to the knowledge gained on the …

… focused on building tools to facilitate expert curation of human gene models in support of JGI’s contributions to the Human Genome Project, he began … basal metazoans and plants. Working with a talented team of scientists and software engineers, Dr. Goodstein …

JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single … a research scientist in Woyke’s group, used the MCP as a barcode to sift out virus fragments, reconstructing 2,074 … expanded 10-fold from just 205 genomes, redefining the phylogenetic tree of giant viruses. Metabolic Reprogramming a …

… is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why each year we look for novel … under our Community Science Program . Below find a list of researchers whose proposals were accepted for 2024. … JGI’s  resources, these researchers will dive into a range of projects spanning the resilience of desert grasslands to …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … challenges. In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was published in the …

… in  Microbiome , researchers from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science facility, have increased the number of known high …

… impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave event in the ocean known as “The Blob.” The event was recorded during a long-term study of microbial communities in the northeastern subarctic …

… host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with … friends or foes. The Impact Microbial communities comprised of fungi and bacteria can thrive in plant roots. They play … bioenergy feedstock crops. Summary A plant is like an office building, its roots are akin to the ground floor …

Congratulations to the proposers of the 19 proposals selected for the 2023 Community Science Program call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office …

Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most microbes cannot … microbial diversity is key to understanding the roles of microorganisms in regulating nutrient cycles, as well as …

National Laboratory where he focused on functional genomics of phototrophs. Through this and post-doctoral positions at University of Florida and UCLA he has worked with a wide range of … function. … B.Sc. (HONS) – University of Wales, Cardiff, Genetics Ph.D. – University of Cambridge., Microbial …

Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials Initiative, a partnership … in bacteria and leveraging molecular biology and reverse genetics to test those hypotheses. From 2011 – 2015, she … between the JGI and Molecular Foundry for genome-encoded biomaterial discovery, design, and engineering. … PhD, …