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… to expression, scientists can now opt for various shades of grey. The ability to fine-tune the level of gene … users outside the realm of bioenergy optimization. Summary Life is all about balance. This study,  recently published … User Facility, is supported under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. …

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 … Peter Nguyen : “Being an JGI intern has been an honor and a life changing experience to me. Starting my PhD straight out …

Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … in flowering plants, or angiosperms, suggesting they are evolutionarily conserved across plant lineages. They … used as a model for evolutionary studies. Its place among early-diverging plant lineages makes it ideal for …

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

… from previously understudied clades, establishing their evolutionary relationships and leading to the discovery of … said Axel Visel , JGI Deputy for Science Programs. “It clearly speaks to the enormous impact her contributions have … National Laboratory, who spoke at the 2019 New Lineages of Life (NeLLi) Meeting organized by the JGI, were also among …

… is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their potential contributions to … as an energy source.  Until recently, our understanding of these methanogenic microorganisms was narrowed to a type …

JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of … after countless generations of sequencing platforms (up to 120 sequencing machines at maximum) maintained by a workforce … Sorting required multiple speedpaks – large boxes with nearly a cubic yard of capacity each – and dumpsters. The …

More than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, … and hard work have carried it through the difficult early stages, so I can begin biological analysis of the data …