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… group at Berkeley Lab created a fabricated ecosystem – an EcoFAB. These small plastic growth chambers let researchers … compare their work consistently. And EcoFABs also work well in the classroom. This episode, we visit Los Medanos … College to see EcoFABs in action in Jill Bouchard’s BIO 21 lab course. …

… The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why each year we look for novel … a list of researchers whose proposals were accepted for 2024. Harnessing the JGI’s  resources, these researchers …

… Mr. Schmutz’s involvement with the JGI dates back to 1997, when he was … human chromosomes 5, 16, and 19. Following the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, he developed sequencing, assembly, and improvement … at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? … Yeast strains engineered for the biochemical conversion of glucose to value-added products are limited in chemical … the yeasts received fine-tuning of gene expression through genetic rewiring with CRISPR-Cas9 that enhanced their …

… Find a series of webinars related to our Integrated Microbial Genomics & Microbiomes portal. …

… is excited to announce the 18 scientists selected for our 2025 Community Science Program Annual Call. These projects include cutting-edge research into microbial communities — … degradation.  “We are  very excited to see the outcome of the innovative research  being proposed by this year’s …

… The JGI is excited to welcome six to the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Facilities (FICUS) program for fiscal year 2026, in partnership with the Environmental Molecular … user facilities. Focus areas for these projects include biofuels, biomaterials and bioproducts; hydrobiogeochemistry; …

… Pictured from left: [Top row]: Romy Chakraborty, Dawn Chiniquy, Anne Glaesener, Steven Hallam, Marc Hanikenne, Cheryl Kerfeld, Jeffrey Marlow;  [Row 2]: N. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez, Sabeeha Merchant, Sergey … Setsuko Wakao, Meng Wang, and Allison Werner.   A total of 20 proposals were selected by the Joint Genome Institute …

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

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of … with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.   Publications Grimwood, J., Gordon, L., Olsen, A. et al. The …

… Doherty, Adrian A. Estrada-Graf, Nicole M. Fernandez; [Row 2]: Zachary Garvin, Chandan Kumar Gautam, Gareth Gillard, Audrey Goeckner, Jennifer Goff, Sarah Gonzalez Henao, Yang Hai, Julia G. Harenčár, …

… Ian Gilman, Louis Graf, Yuxi Guo, Shaomei He, Vayu Hill- Maini, Forrest Lefler, Pok Man (Bob) Leung and Huang Li; … You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel … fungi, the effects of biochar on rhizosphere microbiomes, and the metabolic pathways of algae. They will …