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… The 11th cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns pick highlights from their summer experiences. This year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, hosted three undergraduates …

… Summer 2025 marked the second year of Alabama A&M University students coming to the DOE Joint … experience funded by a DOE training grant.  Building off the previous year’s project, undergraduate interns … seeds. We also use CRISPR-Cas9. And right now we have over 300 plants that we’re trying to figure out the biome of. …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … a partial sequence of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in 2003; then in 2007 the full genome was sequenced and published … sequences have been cited in almost one-fourth (23.8%) of publications focused on that specific algae. The reference …

… Dr. Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials Initiative, a partnership … at Berkeley Lab. She is spearheading the development of a joint user capability between the JGI and Molecular … Microbiology and Cell Science in 2011 from the University of Florida, working with Valérie de Crécy-Lagard on using …

… for a sustainable bioeconomy. Mission  As a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility, we provide advanced genomic … A record number of primary users — 2,456 — had active proposals with us, … processed 13,700 metabolomics samples With our users, 247 publications were published   …

… With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of ecosystems. However, matching these viral genetic … archaea and bacteria hosts. The Impact Within the domains of archaea and bacteria, millions of  microbes govern …

… get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … five oceanic regions. In doing so, they found a high degree of variability in the types of microorganisms that inhabit these sites, as well as the …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … investigated Chromosome 16, which contains about 3% of the human genome. They wanted to learn about the genes … with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.   Publications Grimwood, J., Gordon, L., Olsen, A. et al. The …

… Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal lineages. The Science By comparing 135 fungal sequenced genomes, researchers were able to carry … role in soil carbon storage. Summary There are three types of fungal saprotrophs in the forest. White rot can break …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … nature was using it to do something important.” Related Publications:  A scoutRNA Is Required for Some Type V CRISPR-Cas Systems Mol Cell. 2020 Aug 6;79(3):416-424.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.06.022. Wright AV …

… the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His responsibilities include the development of novel computational tools to identify virus sequences, the design of new experimental approaches to link viruses to their … Neri et al., 2023. Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of …