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… Submit research proposals  here that integrate genomics with nanoscale science, accelerating discoveries and … Foundry and use of JGI capabilities is free. The JGI supports remote users. Users conduct experiments in their own … subsequent processing from that point. JGI provides users with various outputs free of charge, including data such as …

… Merced Genomics Internship paired six UC Merced students with seven JGI researchers for bioinformatics internship … Comparative Analysis What effect has your summer internship with the JGI had on your plans to pursue a STEM career?
 … outside of the area of focus of most of the rest of the group, which made it feel like I had something tangible to …

… to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground … have been able to study both sides of this interaction up close, using RNA sequencing to understand gene …

… Retracing how the dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new ecological habitat. … adapting to thrive in built environments. Summary Unlike white rots, brown rots break down only the cellulose and … to see how the Serpula fungi have adapted in an environment with little to no competitors for resources. On wood blocks …

… species has revealed, for the first time, that this group is unexpectedly powerful: they can whip up dozens of … in their hunt for anaerobic fungi. By growing extracts without oxygen in ruminant fluid — which smells terrible … that these expressed genes translated into expected proteins. That work was done in collaboration with the …

… Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of Chytridiomycota (the “chytrids”).  A collaborative … Olpidium attracted the attention of many mycologists with the two publications of the kingdom-wide, multi-gene … al . In both studies, however, Olpidium was unexpectedly grouped with non-flagellated terrestrial fungi, but not with …

… Previously, researchers had to apply to each facility with separate review schedules and selection processes, … fundamental science experiments in ways they couldn’t with projects undertaken separately at individual user … of funds. All data is made publicly available in accordance with  JGI’s Data Policy . In cases where the JGI provides …

… polysaccharides. Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant world facilitating the remixing of genes … two polysaccharides can yield sugar monomers, it’s only with the aid of specialized bacterial enzymes. Honey bees … The process is a division of labor by these bacterial groups. But why the strain variability? The authors think the …

… used in the biotechnology industry to produce enzymes, proteins, and other chemicals. Summary Filamentous fungi are like handymen who show up at a job site for a task that requires a flathead screwdriver with a full toolbox including Phillips and specialty …

… Santa Barbara discuss the importance of studying anaerobic fungi, as well as a recent discovery that turns scientific presumption on its head and opens up a new avenue to explore for efficient biofuel production. …

… Black fungi are microscopic and mighty. They survive everywhere … researchers Laura Selbmann and Claudia Coleine are working with scientists from around the world – and the JGI – to …