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Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired six UC Merced students with seven JGI … Hear from five of the Summer 2019 interns, who briefly shared their experiences below. Name: Noelle Anderson Class … internship with the JGI had on your plans to pursue a STEM career?
 Doing the JGI internship has given me a great …

… the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a … wasn’t quite accurate, and maybe anaerobic fungi living in soils or the guts of livestock were more capable than …

Puerto Nuevo is a small town along the Baja California coastline in Mexico. While conducting early field studies related … Merced Genomics Internship Program, first sampled the area in summer 2016.  She described the microbial diversity … across the California-Baja coast and spots where they are most abundant are Monterey, San Diego, and Puerto …

Analysis reveals the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency declared the North Railroad Avenue Plume (NRAP) a Superfund … was enacted by Congress in 1980 for Superfund sites which are hazardous waste areas that require cleanup and long-term …

Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The … Among the long-term aims for bioenergy feedstock crops are increasing their yields and improving their abilities to adapt to extreme environments such as poor soils and drought. The reference genome for M. sinensis, and …

Successful Community Science Program (CSP) Applications Webinar inviting researchers to submit white papers to the CSP  … us with your questions ([email protected]) Carefully read our proposal call description and ensure your … goals, experimental design, and plan for data utilization are clear. Contact JGI staff for feedback before submitting …

A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements metagenomics studies. The … microbes help regulate the planet’s nutrient cycles and are potentially of use in fields ranging from agriculture to … are often less diverse than those within more moderate ecosystems. A few years ago, a candidate bacterial lineage …

… for survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired … that produce them. The Impact Secondary metabolites are microbial compounds produced in response to hardship or … combining it with CRISPR.  By employing CRAGE, researchers are no longer limited to using model host microbes; …

Tanja Woyke and other JGI researchers made their debut writing for the Nature Reviews Microbiology column last year — … Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, are sharing their expertise in environmental genomics by … authors, “’Once you find a paper that you really like or are passionate about, take that topic and run with it — …

… diversity hotspots Over the past few decades, advancements in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of … their environments could be applied to multiple research areas including agriculture, biofuels and bioproducts, and … genomes, and nearly 44,000 metagenomes. All of the data are publicly available in the National Center for …

In this short video, UC Merced undergraduate and graduate students share how their summer internship experiences have influenced their careers in science. Hear more about what they learned from …

… land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  … Arising in tandem from the same ancestor, these algae are considered sisters to land plants, based on shared genetic traits and evolutionary lineage. They provide a …