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… Diatoms, a group of tiny algae, are also known as “living opals” because of the strange, beautiful properties of their silica shells. But what genes are responsible for such mesmerizing exteriors? …

… student in Brett Baker’s lab at the University of Texas at Austin, will defend his dissertation. Some of his research was conducted at the JGI through the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student … centers on samples collected on Mud Island – “it’s essentially a mud island, more or less, right?” – off the coast of …

… Dehalococcoides mccartyi and  Dehalobacter restrictus,  that work together to break down PCE into the chemical … achieve this goal. In less than four years, parts of the shallow portions of the groundwater were nearly cleared of … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science … boggy wetlands produces an estimated 5% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. Understanding how sphagnum, a primary … there over thousands of years sequesters more carbon than all other vegetation types in the world combined. Harvesting …

… 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working virtually with JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research projects, hone science presentation skills, and … foster a diverse future workforce in science. To learn more about each intern’s experience during their internship, …

… Congratulations to Susannah Tringe , one of eight scientists and engineers who … Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, and JGI’s deputy for user programs. She also leads the JGI’s Microbial Systems group. The award ceremony was held January 19, 2021. Learn …

… To set up flexible, repeatable experiments on plants and microbes, Trent Northen’s group at Berkeley Lab created a fabricated ecosystem – an EcoFAB. These small plastic growth chambers let researchers around the world …