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… have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley …

… Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest portfolio of approved proposals highlight biodiversity and how ecosystems are adapting to stresses. A total of 17 proposals have been approved through the annual Community Science Program (CSP) call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome …

… affect users and their access to technical capabilities JGI offers, as well as proposal review procedures and the organization of the JGI Annual Meeting. Any investigator who has been an active user of the JGI at any time in the past two fiscal years is …

… impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave event in the ocean known as “The Blob.” The event was recorded during a long-term study of microbial communities in the northeastern subarctic …

… plant mass for conversion to sustainable, alternative biofuels and bioproducts. This study lends insights on how the … 5, 2018 in The ISME Journal , a team led by University of Oslo scientists and including researchers at the Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, compared the genomes of two …

… a new reference genome for eucalyptus in the July edition of the journal G3 Genes | Genomes | Genetics , with … both haplotypes, meaning it separately represents the sets of chromosomes inherited from each parent. It also has … genomic analyses.   The Impact There are 900 species of eucalyptus. The trees are fast-growing plantation crops …

… Analysis of haloarchaeal metagenomes broadens understanding of Antarctic biogeography. The Science Haloarchaea flourish … studying the microbial communities in Antarctic lakes, some of which have salinities 10 times that of seawater. To shed … (project 4031). The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy cell walls. It’s the cellulose and hemicellulose … using magnetic fields to diagnose electronic structure and functionality on the atomic level, was generated at JBEI and …

… for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in 1986, the van Niel Prize recognizes contribution of scholarship in the field of microbiology and is awarded on the recommendation of a …

… single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding of giant viruses. The Science In the last thirty years, in … genomes than many bacteria. Until recently, understanding of giant viruses came primarily from sampling an … approaches to gain insight into the  genomes of giant viruses. In a new review, researchers from the U.S. …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … solve energy and environmental challenges. Maximizing soybean yield is critical to energy independence in the U.S. …

… JGI and the Workforce Development & Education department of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) … summer research collaborations through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Visiting Faculty Program (VFP) . The VFP is a summer professional development program for current faculty. Applying …