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… interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working virtually with JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research projects, … this program’s history, two interns returned to re-engage with their mentors from the previous year and continue … The JGI-UC Merced internship program was founded in 2014 with the goal of inspiring students to embark on a career in …
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… Students can apply for internships and work onsite with an experienced researcher who serves as their mentor. … experiences. Genomic data scientist Deanna Beatty sat down with interns hosted at the JGI through three different … Jacobs participated in the SEED Scholars @ LBNL program, with support from the SEED program at UC Berkeley. Sally …
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… of California Santa Barbara. So plants don’t break down without a fight, but it’s an important battle to fine-tune. … the energy they store. Since 2012, O’Malley has worked with the JGI to understand the enzymes these organisms use … a rumen sample, you’re going to find beautiful diversity.” Within that diversity of bacteria and fungi, O’Malley and …
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… amount of what’s allowed in drinking water. However, in the deeper sites, toxic chemicals remain. To identify the …
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… — one thing is for sure: there are lots of fungi around. Within a forest’s soil, hundreds of species decompose … Grigoriev, Fungal Genomics Program Head at the JGI. Along with an improved understanding of multiple forest systems, … more information about fungi in these environments. “Now with these new tools — metatranscriptomics, RNA sequencing …
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… postdoctoral fellow Paula Matheus Carnevali was working with a group of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) dubbed … MAGs later dubbed Saganbacteria. At the same time, working with researchers from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean … The research teams opted to collaborate on a single study, with Matheus Carnevali and Schulz sharing co-first …
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… two polysaccharides can yield sugar monomers, it’s only with the aid of specialized bacterial enzymes. Honey bees … down hemicellulose. The authors think this might have to do with the differences in lifestyle: honey bees need ample … and analyzing the honey bee gut metagenome, which was done with the help of the US Department of Energy Joint Genome …
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… at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. I recently caught up with Karolina at the Plant and Animal Genomes, or PAG … She talked about her Community Science Project proposal with JGI, in which she’s studying a special kind of plant … dry environment. Figuring out how plants evolved to deal with hot and dry conditions could help us to one day develop …
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… home office (garage). There, standing at a safe distance, with proper face covering, was JGI’s Administrative Services … luminaries included from the Berkeley Lab Directorate, Mike Witherell (Director), Michael Brandt (Operations Deputy), … needs to have a great operations leader,” said Director Witherell in his event remarks. “I feel that is something …
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… Zerbe of the University of California, Davis. “The work with JGI was one of the first things we actually started … blends of terpenoids, naturally occurring organic chemicals with a wide range of potential applications. Q&A from the … if it can be done. After the technical review, proposals with feasibility notes go to peer review, which is very …
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… CSP New Investigator call for proposals. Tips: Contact us with your questions ([email protected]) Carefully … and ensure your idea is aligned Discuss your proposal idea with JGI staff to clarify key points about JGI’s … submitting a proposal. Describe in detail what you will do with the data! Ideally, you or someone on your team will …
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