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… A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into … a genus of just under 400 mosses that can carry up to 25 times their dry weight in water, makes up the … and filtering water. Peat formed there over thousands of years sequesters more carbon than all other vegetation types …

… Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced worked closely with JGI scientists on research projects that contribute to the larger mission of the … summer. The JGI-UC Merced internship program was founded in 2014 with the goal of inspiring students to embark on a …

… Global chocolate brands can’t exist without cocoa According to … Organization (ICCO), global cocoa bean production in 2017-2018  was 4.6 million metric tons . The global chocolate … why Mars, Inc., a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years and one of the world’s largest buyers of cocoa, is …

… The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and the Joint Genome … least a microgram of DNA in the tube so you’d need at least 2 micrograms in the sample to start with. 2. Q: What would a … the sample, then we can put it into the laser system 7. Q: Can radioactive isotopes be used at EMSL? A: No. We …

… Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a … This work was supported by the Czech Science Foundation (18- 25706S and 20-02022Y), by the Ministry of Education, Youth and …

… new members to their User Executive Committee (UEC) – Jack Gilbert, Ashley Shade, and Jason Stajich! They join six … active user of the JGI at any time in the past two fiscal years is eligible for election to the UEC. Members serve … terms. The JGI solicited UEC nominations in late 2022 and the election period concluded on Jan. 6, 2023. With …

… Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that … (for the first time) gut and taxonomically classified into 27 distinct clades (17 of them without previously known … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence …

… Metagenomic datasets could help map out microbial diversity … to the global research community.  Published January 17, 2025 in Science Advances , researchers at the U.S. … biofuels and bioproducts, and medicine. Wading through 30 years of sequencing data, the team composed of Wu, Seshadri, …

… ActinoBase offers a public portal of insight into special groups of actinobacteria … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence … ActinoBase Data Portal … Secondary Metabolite Collaboratory Data Portal …

…   Registration has closed   Registration fees: Regular attendees  … and postdocs (including LBNL students and postdocs): $250      Hosted by the DOE Joint Genome Institute, the … Symposium, join us for a 1.5–day jamboree on November 6–7 focused on improving cultivation and genomic coverage. …

… A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of … and Environmental Research under contract DE-FC02-07ER64494. EG is supported by the NIGMS Biotechnology …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of … obtained from environmental samples — to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. These genes were identified based on …