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… of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program is to harness the power of DNA synthesis, … strain engineering, and biosystems design for DOE-mission-relevant discovery and applications. This program has supported over 250 projects since it …

… analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The Science Changing an A, C, T or G in a … can lead to changes in protein structures and functions, but the DNA bases themselves can also be modified. The best-known example of a modified DNA base is a methylation of the base cytosine at the 5th position on its carbon …

DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Virophages are small viruses with … DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Almost all known virophage genomes share only four genes in common: major and minor capsid proteins …

User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland Hatzenpichler of Montana State University, Teresa Pawlowska of Cornell University, and Jana U’Ren (pronounced “you-wren”) of the University of Arizona! They join nine other JGI users already serving on the …

Open Green Genomes hits milestone with C. richardii The Science Fern genomes are huge, and … The Impact There are over 10,400 species of ferns alive today. Boasting adaptations in order to protect … the OGG. For a long time, C-fern has served as a model for studying ferns and for teaching plant biology. It is typical …

For the last 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. On July 1, 2020, … JGI’s Administrative Services Group lead Denise Yadon, delivering the (baked) goods – a retirement cake adorned by a …

JGI from all parts of the globe to gain lab experience and contribute to ongoing projects. In one way or another, they’ve all mentioned how invaluable …

The BioSANS instrument is at the Center for Structural Molecular Biology (CSMB) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.   On March 2, 2021, the Environmental … the Biological Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (BioSANS) instrument when applying to the FY2022 EMSL-JGI FICUS call for …

A quick snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers behind software that …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. … to understanding what these viruses can do. Building on existing virus-host prediction approaches, researchers …

… episode is about a tiny, single-celled alga – Chlamydomonas reinhardtii – that’s managed to have a big impact. UC … plant biologist Sabeeha Merchant explains why she works on this alga, how researchers managed to sequence its … Note: Merchant is also a faculty scientist in the Environmental Genomics & Systems Biology Division of the Berkeley …

For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a written report that is published in … research, written skill, above all else, determination. Rhondene Wint, an alumna of the DOE Joint Genome Institute …