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… The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) … hundreds of microalgae are able to partner to form lichens. Studying the symbiosis by investigating a lichen’s genomes … can rapidly create genetic variation in its progeny. The study’s transcriptomic data also identified many genes …

… A former JGI intern is now applying his internship lessons on presentations to peatlands … slides and anticipating the inevitable questions about the study’s methods and analysis, Lawrence is spending time on …

… Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, after completing a … Kjiersten Fagnan is the JGI's Chief Informatics Officer. Click to learn more about how the JGI supports the entire data life cycle through resources including the JGI portals, and our broader data ecosystem. …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth … Community Science Project proposal with JGI, in which she’s studying a special kind of plant metabolism. This … what genetic features make CAM possible. So, she’s studying yuccas, a group of plants in the Agave family with …

… Hao Tan from the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China and involving Francis Martin from the Institut National … an artificial environment. It is particularly helpful for studying physiological and biochemical processes driving the … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… – $250 Students & Postdocs – $200 Regular Rates (begin September 19, 2026) General & Berkeley Lab Attendee – $300 Students & Postdocs – $250   Hosted by the DOE Joint Genome Institute, the 5th Viral EcoGenomics and Applications (VEGA) … VEGA 26 will take place at the UC Berkeley MLK Building, in the East Pauley Ballroom, November 18–19, 2026. The …

… Monitoring Inter-Organism Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest … the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues are studying how chronic warming is altering how microbes … floor. Alicia Purcell of Northern Arizona University is studying microbial metabolism in the Antarctic Peninsula. …

… For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a written report that is published in a scientific journal is the ultimate achievement. To get …

… In this short video, UC Merced undergraduate and graduate students share how their summer internship experiences have influenced their careers in science. Hear more about what …

… the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in plants can be befuddling. Most species are … plant biologist at West Virginia University (WVU), led the study’s international team, which included scientists from … provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31590821, 31561123001, 31500502, 41871044), National …

… bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The Science To better understand how beneficial … are transmitted between host generations, researchers investigated the role that bacteria living within a host … reliant on the continued presence of the bacteria. By studying the Rm-Burkholderia symbiosis model, the team was …

… Select interns look back on meaningful lessons from their summer … Hi. I'm Jehan Jacobs. I'm a rising sophomore at UC Berkeley studying data science. I’m here at the Lab with the SEED … Northwestern University. I'm in the SULI program, and I'm studying computer science and statistics. I would say the …