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… our 2024 Community Science Program Annual Call. “It’s exciting to see the diverse portfolio of successful CSP proposals … genomic science projects relevant to the DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) missions in: … as smaller-scale calls including our New Investigator and Functional Genomics calls, here on our website . See below …

… warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the … is somewhat beautiful in that regard,” said Andy Allen, biological oceanographer at the University of California, … like antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, and novel enzymes that function at low temperature.” said Katrin Schmidt, co-lead …

… system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are … after polyploidization,” said John Vogel, head of the Plant Functional Genomics program at the JGI and a senior author …

Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved mix-and-match … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). He completed this work with collaborators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as … the JGI provided DNA synthesis capabilities to enable functional testing of these enzymes. Yasuo Yoshikuni, head …

Dr. Rokhsar joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2000 as the founding … IBM Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY … Publications … 2018 Marthella Foskett Brown Chair, … Cotton Council 2009 Friday Evening Lecturer, Marine Biological Laboratory 2000 John Simon Guggenheim Fellow …

A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science … screen, they can now identify microbes with specific functional characteristics. When they tested the screen … the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, through contract …

XXVII Conference (PAG) takes place January 12-16, 2019, in San Diego, Calif. Representatives from the DOE Joint … (KBase) will be at Booth 509. Stop by and chat with representatives from KBase and the JGI about … and  KBase Co-PI Bob Cottingham host a  workshop on DOE Biological and Environmental Research (BER) Plant Genomic …

Microbial communities living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for … seeps through cracks in the Earth’s crust and reacts with very hot rocks below, becoming an extremely hot, … to better understand how these hydrothermal ecosystems function in such extreme conditions. They identified 511 new …

… for multiple applications.       Despite advances in sequencing technologies and computational methods in the … the study elaborated on Nayfach’s comments. “This study was designed to encompass the broadest and most diverse range of … and it gives us new insights into microbial diversity and function.” He is already finding ways to utilize the catalog …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Within days of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that … Jansson is currently Chief Scientist for Biology in the Biological Sciences Division and a Laboratory Fellow at the …

Kaze, part of the 2018 cohort of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program. Kaze is part of Mark Sistrom’s lab at … pressing problems. I’m very much looking forward to working with JGI and LBNL scientists and have access to unique lab … of scientists.” For her project, “Microbial Community Structure and Methane Production in California’s Canal …

As part of the ongoing partnership between DOE JGI and UC Merced to promote … Dr. Roummel Marcia) Honorable Mentions Bryan Rangel (Major: Biological Sciences; Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tanja Woyke) Kyle … receive from our faculty.” Cristhian and Bryan interned with Zhong Wang and Tanja Woyke, respectively. Both of their …