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… circle of researchers. That’s why each year we look for novel research projects — aligned with DOE missions and … find a list of researchers whose proposals were accepted for 2024. Harnessing the JGI’s  resources, these researchers … to the metabolic savviness of microbial ecosystems at the forest floor and along ocean shores. Their results could …

… exercise helped us in filling or updating geographic information for nearly 1,100 samples,” said Reddy. Kaushal also reviewed and assigned NCBI taxonomy name and IDs for nearly 20,000 public/private mtagenome biosamples in …

Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of … (the “chytrids”).  A collaborative team led by Joey Spatafora at Oregon State University, Jason Stajich at the … however, Olpidium was unexpectedly grouped with non-flagellated terrestrial fungi, but not with the flagellated …

… challenges. In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was published in the journal … more multidisciplinary teams. The work also paved the way for a longstanding collaboration between researchers at the JGI and the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE). Today, there …

… dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has looked for DGRs in a broad range of publicly available datasets. … Scientists might then harness them as molecular tools for research and industry applications. Summary In their …

Walnut Creek, after countless generations of sequencing platforms (up to 120 sequencing machines at maximum) maintained by a workforce that numbered more than 100 at its peak, all the … been  moved to Berkeley , two of the JGI’s sequencing platforms were turned back on. A third sequencing platform was …

…   The JGI is excited to announce the 18 scientists selected for our 2025 Community Science Program Annual Call. These … contribute to global biogeochemical cycles. Additional efforts in metabolic engineering and biocatalyst design will … New Investigator and Functional Genomics calls, here on our website.   See below for the full list of 2025 CSP Annual …

… back story — they rely on enzymes that have been evolving for billions of years. However, these enzymes are often loosely understood, leaving potential targets for crop engineering untouched. Research recently published … We thought this kind of analysis would provide a framework for the evolution of this enzyme family,” said Sang-Woo Han, …

Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi from … explained: “One of the hallmarks of JGI is our diverse workforce and our diverse collaborators around the world. That said, we recognize that workforce in genomics, including JGI, is not representative of …

In 2009, researchers at the JGI and the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences described a novel technique to access high-quality genomic information using minute quantities of DNA derived from … inviting the research community to discuss how to move from cataloging microbial diversity to experimental …

… 80 full proposals, resulting from 95 letters of intent. For the first time, 63 percent of the accepted proposals … (KBase) , a free, open source data science platform that allows users to explore data and share … the roles of diatoms in carbon fixation and in aquatic food webs. Finally,  Debashish Bhattacharya of Rutgers University …

… agile collaboration between the JGI and the information technology company Truss has resulted in the JGI … download processes from the other JGI Portals, as well. “For thousands of scientists around the world, the JGI Genome … and tools,” noted  Kjiersten Fagnan , JGI’s Chief Informatics Officer. JGI’s Portals, including Phytozome , IMG …