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… Micro-Scale Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge approaches.  Our group also seeks out new … The JGI uniquely offers the first quantitative Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) Metagenomics pipeline that utilizes internal …

… Through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo Kaze, Akshay … their work delivered during the 5th anniversary celebration of the internship program. Candace Cole, UC Merced JGI … helpfulness and patience of my JGI PIs, having lots of data to play around with.” …

… A new approach for improving functional annotation in fungal genomes. The Science In a proof-of-concept study, researchers demonstrated that a new … and improve functional annotation to harness the genomic data. Reported October 8, 2018, in Nature Genetics , a team …

… Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella … the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) sponsored by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research at the …

… Novel study looks at microbiomes in aerial surfaces of plants and their roles in plant health … summer project in the JGI-UC Merced Internship Program. In 2023, Shayna Bennett, a UC Merced graduate student in … ) conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute ( https://ror.org/04xm1d337 …

…   Visualizing a novel, candidate viral genome found in the deep … Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are … identified. The JGI researchers surveyed publicly available data in the JGI’s  IMG/M database , information the Probst …

… Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics … years where he was a driving force behind the development of numerous genomic resources that fostered the widespread … lines in an effort to create improved varieties for biomass production. He did his postdoctoral studies at the …

… Sequence-based studies — from metagenomics to single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding of giant viruses. The Science In the last thirty years, in … approaches. One way of detecting giant viruses in sequence data is read-mapping: using giant virus reference genomes to …

… The 11th cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns pick highlights from their summer experiences. This … months, the students participated in networking workshops, data carpentry hackathons, and also made new friends while …

… Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when migrating back to the ocean. The Science Scientists have … place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that flagella were lost in other … ) conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute …

… Microbial communities living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for … get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … and metabolic potential of the communities studied. The datasets are available on the JGI’s  Integrated Microbial …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of … and environmental ch allenges. Methane emissions are a massive factor driving climate change. According to the …