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… plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to drive more productive food, medicine, and bioenergy … crops. But most available genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. …

Learn more about PhycoCosm, the largest interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative … analysis tools developed by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a US Department of Energy Office of Science user facility at Berkeley Lab. Presented by Igor Grigoriev, …

Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, …

Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.   … Interactions . The results were striking. Adding PM193 caused poplar cuttings to grow about 30 percent larger by dry … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, through its  …

Danielle operates the single-cell genomics pipeline for JGI collaborators. This work combines custom flow cytometric analysis, cell sorting, genome amplification, PCR screening, and 16S sequencing. She also develops … novel flow cytometry protocols for targeted recovery of specific microbes. …

Back in 2011, JGI-supported researchers published a paper in the journal Science . It detailed how they’d used metagenomics to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. … State University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource …

For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a written report that is published in … Rhondene Wint, an alumna of the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)-UC Merced internship program and current PhD student, … delicious additions to a savory meal, while others may be useful in the biofuel and synthetic biology fields. In a …

… a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( … be especially amenable to transfer into other plants because some of its enzymes can transform diverse terpene … as  Sorghum bicolor — a  candidate bioenergy feedstock and  JGI Flagship Plant — could produce at least 15 zealexins. …

Berkeley is responsible for receiving and processing user samples. His R&D work focuses on the development of new … utilizing a variety of technologies to improve the JGI’s capabilities in the areas of metagenomics, …

… joined the Lab in 2007 as the Sr. Human Resources Division Partner for the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) and in 2017 joined the Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Tina serves in an HR advisory role to Division/Area … Sonoma State University. Early on Tina knew the importance of understanding human and group behaviors as her role in HR …