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… The JGI Project Management Office carries out a number of activities to facilitate world-class science. PMO works … and technical staff to onboard users and guide them through the process of working with our facility. This … Please review our FAQ in advance of contacting the PMO office.  …

… is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called methanogenesis. Methanogenic … hot springs, an extreme environment with low genetic diversity that would help narrow down potential sources of …

… 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 approaches that utilize microfluidics/microdroplet technology in order to enhance the … The JGI uniquely offers the first quantitative Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) …

… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … computational methods in the past decade, researchers have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most microbes cannot be cultivated under …

… In late June, Kathleen Lail, a member of JGI’s Sample Management Group, attended a conference in … They chose this location because much is unknown about the diversity of organisms (taxonomy) and particularly those in … and organic carbon concentration. From Field Studies to Publication Together as a class, the students learned about …

… while, but Natural Prodcast is back again for another round of episodes. If you stick around for the next few months, … proposals that are really multifaceted, that do request a diversity of the different capabilities that we have, that … do the bioinformatics and to synthesize these results into publication? So there’s this really important because we …

… and researchers more about the patterns and functions of environmental microbes. Researchers can use the tool to … their predicted functional and metabolic roles across global metagenomes (within IMG).  The Impact The initial … Discriminant Analysis (LDA) and k-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) Classification. LDA is a supervised data compression …

… DAN: You’re listening to the US. .Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a … up a great body of work, with interesting perspectives on evolution of natural products biosynthesis. I think it will … similar to like human crops like corn. There’s low genetic diversity in the crop. So they’re susceptible to disease. …

… Outreach at JGI takes many forms: We offer internship opportunities through working directly with specific universities, … Overall, our aim is to inspire students and established professionals to explore opportunities in STEM by providing … internship partnership that started in the summer of 2014. …

… Below is a brief description of the process needed to prepare and ship samples for … sample QC requirements and protocols Obtaining DNA and RNA of suitable quantity and quality has been the rate-limiting … step for many projects at the JGI. The quality of the starting material is one of the greatest predictors …

… (Trillions) Operating Hours Goal  Actual Total*   Actual % of Goal   Goal (hours)**   Actual Total   Actual % Goal   FY … platforms. **Operating Hours target is based on 98% of the total available hours.   FY 2025 DOE Metrics There … (Trillions) Operating Hours Goal  Actual Total*   Actual % of Goal   Goal (hours)**   Actual Total   Actual % Goal   FY …