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During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent … JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research projects, hone science presentation skills, and participate in … … Evaluation of Binning Tools for Microbial Eukaryotes in Metagenomes … Functional exploration of Phage Impact on …

Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo … one of the project co-leads and first author of the study. Members of the Tel Aviv and NCBI teams, who were …

… has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program is to harness the power of DNA synthesis, … to improve crop yield, and developing a platform for building composite materials. Before joining the JGI, Dr. …

Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks … characterizing the mechanisms through which sorghum is equipped to deal with adverse environmental conditions, … a limiting factor – before or after flowering. For the study, the team grew two sorghum varieties: one that …

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… data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a tree falls in the forest — … Remarkable Similarity Despite Vast Diversity For this study, researchers collected soil samples from four sites: …

… starts with a User Agreement — before any work can begin, including the submission of samples for sequencing, or the submission of sequencing data for synthesis. This agreement, required by the DOE for all work performed in its User …

Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately identify mobile genetic elements like … and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found … currently has more than 700,000 plasmids from genomes, metagenomes and metatranscriptomes. To lower barriers to …

… clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) … hundreds of microalgae are able to partner to form lichens. Studying the symbiosis by investigating a lichen’s genomes …

A former JGI intern is now applying his internship lessons on presentations to peatlands Travis Lawrence sits in … experience helped to solidify Lawrence’s interest in pursuing bioinformatics and machine learning. He also learned … slides and anticipating the inevitable questions about the study’s methods and analysis, Lawrence is spending time on …

In 2003, Dr. Pennacchio joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address … In 1999, he was named a DOE Alexander Hollaender Distinguished Fellow where he identified a novel apolipoprotein …