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… and bioinformatics annotation pipelines that support JGI’s portals, tools, and the DOE’s emerging AI-enabled … large-scale genomics and lab informatics. Prior to joining JGI in late 2025, he served as Director of Scientific …
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… In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never published in the literature. These … available for future research. Hear from Rekha Seshadri (JGI) and Matt Escobar (California State San Marcos) about …
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… Danielle operates the single-cell genomics pipeline for JGI collaborators. This work combines custom flow cytometric analysis, cell sorting, genome amplification, PCR screening, and 16S sequencing. She also develops novel flow …
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… gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported researchers studying those microbial methane-makers. Eventually, that could help us dial …
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… enhanced portability and reliability, thereby accelerating critical insights for the JGI User community. …
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… experiments showcase potential for engineering bioenergy crops The Science Scientists at Brookhaven National … production, and disease resistance. The Impact With increased lignin and iron, engineered poplar can be used to … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …
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… 20 proposals were selected by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Molecular Foundry (TMF) for their collaborative … developing transformative bio-based technologies involving critical minerals and materials. The Joint Genome Institute … of individual laboratories. The full list of 2026 Critical Minerals & Materials Call recipients follows. …
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… Probing (SIP) is a powerful technique for studying microbial communities. These experiments can show which microbes are handling specific nutrients, or what they're … catch: SIP labwork and analysis can be very demanding. The JGI offers SIP analysis to make these experiments accessible …
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… Rhondene Wint, an alumna of the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)-UC Merced internship program and current PhD student, … and it feels so rewarding,” Wint said. For Axel Visel, JGI Science Deputy and a co-founder of the internship … of the fittest” theory — the most expressed genes found across each of the fungal species were protein-coding …
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… Sugarcane was the last major crop without a reference quality genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing sugarcane … The Impact In providing a reference sugarcane genome , the JGI provides foundational genetic information that crop …
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… Cas14 proteins discovered from JGI’s IMG/M database and biochemically characterized at UC … Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) associated proteins that can target single-stranded … made possible by mining the datasets in the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) suite of tools …
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… 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, particularly actinomycetes. His research activity is … of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he studied transcriptional regulation, metabolism and development in … P450 involved in bacterial RiPP biosyntheses. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol. 2023 Feb 17;50(1):kuad005. Otani H, …
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