Search

… Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to … America: guayule.  This episode was made in collaboration with our friends at the HudsonAlpha Institute for …

… Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their … Genome Institute, Dr. Cole’s research focus has been on understanding how microbes can colonize plant roots, … University of California, San Diego (PhD, 2011) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.S., 2006) …

… In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never published in the literature. These students analyze the genomes, write …

… In   April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25.  On March 17, 2020, a shelter-in-place order for all residents took effect in six San … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… In our warming world, we’ll need corn, sorghum and other crops to grow well in worse conditions: with more heat, less water and less fertilizer. Grasses do …

… Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and … book featuring polar bears in winter scenes that came with crayons in various shades of white. To researchers … most organism’s genetic information is encoded in DNA, with RNA delivering the instructions inside DNA to the cell, …

… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI … stable isotope probing (DNA SIP) relies on incubating DNA with isotopically-labeled compounds to link active microbes … from metagenomes. This is a critical step toward better understanding the impact of viruses upon microbes. A …

… The latest edition of the JGI Progress Report highlights notable research and scientific collaborations in 2018. The cover is an image of Mono Lake, a saline soda … , here and here ), and the data has been used to better understand arsenic mobility and to better understand their …

… JGI researchers demonstrate how their laboratory and data science … Mi Yan, Deanna Beatty)    Vision  Lead AI-driven genomic innovation to advance biotechnology. Mission  As a U.S. … by the Biological and Environmental Research program, the Joint Genome Institute provides advanced genomic capabilities, …

… Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced worked closely with JGI scientists on research projects that contribute to … develop presentation skills as well as build their network in the field of genomics and scientific research. The topics …

… Mini-Metagenomics Approach Helps Identify Novel Archaeal Methane … of them archaea. The Quake lab had previously collaborated with the JGI on a proposal using this approach through the … (ETOP). Following that work, they partnered once more with JGI Microbial Program head Tanja Woyke and her Single …

… Dr. Roux joined the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome … approaches to link viruses to their host(s), collaboration with JGI users for analyzing viral datasets, and the … B.S. in Microbiology, Université Blaise Pascal, France M.S. in …