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Accepted proposals emphasize JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  … of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). The accepted proposals come … who have not previously been a principal investigator (PI) on an approved JGI proposal. Approved proposals make use of …

Congratulations to the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers at the JGI! They are among those recognized by Clarivate Analytics as “true … tool to help researchers assess and improve the quality of metagenome-assembled viral genomes. The paper appeared in  …

… genus Lentinula, which have evolved to decompose hardwoods on every continent besides Europe and Antarctica. A  new analysis … the family tree for Lentinula. Within those samples, this study also tracks the enzymes these fungi use to break down …

Marcel is in charge of several production pipelines (gene calling, functional annotation and methylomics) that run on microbial genomes and metagenomes. He also works on automating intra-department …

… and help them digest their last leafy meal. In their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic … and because anaerobic fungi can’t harness it, scientists long held that these fungi don’t have the energy to make complex compounds called …

… in China and involving Francis Martin from the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) in France and Igor Grigoriev from the U.S. … an artificial environment. It is particularly helpful for studying physiological and biochemical processes driving the …

JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the production sequencing labs in Building 100 were silent. Twenty years … after the JGI united the genomics expertise of three national labs in one long building at Walnut Creek, after …

Microbes drive critical ecosystem functions and affect global nutrient cycling, however they do so under strong constraints exerted by viruses. Research in the viral …

Dr. Udwary serves as a computational biologist for JGI’s Secondary Metabolites group. His research interests lie in use and development of bioinformatics tools for elucidation of biosynthetic gene clusters in bacteria and fungi. …

Gene expression in eukaryotes was long held to be monocistronic – that is, a single gene makes messenger RNA, …

… and seven graduate students from UC Merced through their long standing internship program. In just two months, the students participated in networking workshops, data carpentry hackathons, and also made new friends while working on their summer …