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… is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why each year we look for novel … PIs who have not led any previously-accepted proposals — through the New Investigator call under our Community Science Program . Below find a list of researchers whose proposals were accepted for 2024. …
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A collaborative team led by Hao Tan from the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China and involving Francis … drives ENB substrate decomposition. Meanwhile, hints of potential assistance from co-habitant microorganisms were … and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable …
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UC Merced graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan and alumnus of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program, first … 2016. She described the microbial diversity patterns of Puerto Nuevo’s coastal waters and sediment with … environment I have consistently experienced each visit through my PhD. This environment makes it easy for someone …
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In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … available on the fungal portal MycoCosm, many sequenced through the JGI 1000 Fungal Genomes Project. Francis …
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April marks both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … to living on a changing planet. Mo Kaze is a University of California (UC), Merced graduate student working with … Programs deputy and head of the Microbial Systems group through the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research …
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… at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of … Niche of harmful alga Aureococcus anophagefferens revealed through ecogenomics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011; 108: … … Fungal & Algal Science Program … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Service …
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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 … He’s been involved in several plant genome projects through the Community Science Program. As a UEC member, he’s …
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UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted to the end of a nine-week virtual internship. The celebration was … JGI staff. According to Axel Visel and Zhong Wang, founders of this internship program, this was the largest turnout for … UC Merced with at least one JGI mentor. Together, they work through a specific project that aligns with each intern’s …
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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 … undergraduates and seven graduate students from UC Merced through their long standing internship program. In just two …
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… in sequences affect traits. In a text file, the rows of letters A, T, C and G appearing over and over in a dizzying array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the … as a stepping stone to studying many genomes simultaneously through multiDAP, which allows researchers to conduct …
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… than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, … Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi … expanded to include UC Merced undergraduate students through the California Alliance for Minority Participation …
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Mini-Metagenomics Approach Helps Identify Novel Archaeal Methane … archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global … collaborated with the JGI on a proposal using this approach through the Emerging Technologies Opportunity Program …
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