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… from UC Merced spent eight weeks working virtually with JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research projects, hone … in professional development enrichment activities. For some students in the 2021 cohort, this was their first … career enjoyed the chance to develop new skills needed for their PhD research. And for the first time in this …

… approaches including amplicon and metagenomic sequencing. For example, they showed that the composition of the … recent years, advances in sequencing technologies and bioinformatic tools have helped decode the genomes of tens of … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, … naturally modifying lignin.  The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using … Research Center. O’Malley is also affiliated with JBEI. The JGI data portals and pipelines helped identify potential …

… virus sequences vary widely. In a previous effort, an international consortium recommended specific guidelines and best practices for characterizing uncultivated viruses. Following up on those guidelines, JGI researchers have now developed CheckV (pronounced …

… microbial mats at Yellowstone offer researchers an analog for studying early Earth conditions. Additionally, … high-temperature (thermophilic) microbes are of interest for their potential use in number of biotechnological … into the evolution of life on Earth. For decades, longtime JGI collaborator Bill Inskeep of Montana State University …

… to spread across most of the plant’s ecosystems. The Impact For decades, the liverwort  M. polymorpha has been used as a model for evolutionary studies. Its place among early-diverging … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… Data from marine heatwave event may foreshadow climate change impact on marine microbial … it in the deep ocean. With genomic samples collected before, during and after The Blob, researchers developed a … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) platform — has been developed to help inform scientists and researchers more about the patterns and … mSystems paper , a team at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… Australia but is increasingly farmed in other countries for essential oil production. The recent assembly of two … the conservation and evolution of the genes responsible for terpene synthase (TPS) enzyme production. This family of … proposal by the DOE’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), the JGI worked on resequencing several eucalypt genomes to …

… For the first time, a team has comprehensively described … studying a microbial mat from Cone Pool in Mono County, California, scientists have used sequencing methods for the … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… Neha’s key role is to design, benchmark, and apply bioinformatics software to enable analysis and interpretation of genomic and metagenomic data for JGI’s user community. She also provides support for user …

… highest honors! Tringe, a microbiologist, was recognized for “advances in sequence-based studies of microbial … Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, and JGI’s deputy for user programs. She also leads the JGI’s Microbial …