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Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of … other oceans. That zinc turns out to be extremely important for polar phytoplankton. After peering into the function … researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …
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… [subhed -- copy to summary above^ as well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems … multiple institutions have sequenced and analyzed the genome of an alga that thrives in saltwater (halotolerant) …
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More than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of … Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi from … the difficult early stages, so I can begin biological analysis of the data sooner than I anticipated.” In her …
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… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship internship program between the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What started with 2 interns in the …
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The DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted the hybrid “NeLLi 2023 Symposium” delving into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and latest discoveries toward … novel microbial lineages, leading to a new appreciation for the extent of diversity. The phylogenetic and functional …
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In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … to those who study it) a powerful reference organism for studying photosynthesis and cell motility. It’s also a … sequences have been cited in almost one-fourth (23.8%) of publications focused on that specific algae. The reference …
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JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in sequences … array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the absence of all the other letters of the alphabet. … to further their research, watch the JGI Engagement Webinars series. Letters of Intent for the next annual …
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In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI … sorting (FACS) to sort cells into several small pools before sequencing to recover rare microbes. The technique was … approaches with the aim of eventually studying virus-host dynamics in nature. In the last few years, mapping the …
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