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Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced … skills as well as build their network in the field of genomics and scientific research. The topics students worked on ranged far and wide — from implementing new data visualization tools, to using natural language processing …

… an internship program to bring students to the JGI for research training experience. Enabled by the DOE RENEW … mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel on researching the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant … experience in molecular biology and plant functional genomics, because this work is essential for improving crop …

Twice a year, the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program … is Mo Kaze, part of the 2018 cohort of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program. Kaze is part of Mark Sistrom’s lab … to answer our most pressing problems. I’m very much looking forward to working with JGI and LBNL scientists and have …

For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … to the ascomycetes, one of the two main branches of fungi); another is a photosynthetic microbe, tucked in the fungus’ tissue. If you’re a Marvel Comics fan, you might liken the symbiotic relationship to …

… to advance foundational science, creating opportunities for the global research community. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) has released its newest 5-Year Strategic Plan: Innovating Genomics to Serve the Changing Planet (download a copy at …

A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in … tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications. Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead it … tantalizing microbial factory, capable of turning abundant biomass carbohydrates — glucose and xylose — into fatty …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The … mosses.  New research identifies sex chromosomes in the plant and illuminates the significant role sex plays in how … by minimizing flood risks and filtering water. Peat formed there over thousands of years sequesters more carbon …

SFA project. In 2015, he founded what is now the JGI Metabolomics Program to provide advanced metabolomic methods … to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes cycle carbon and sustain biomes via the … … Metabolomics Science Program … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …

… gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea likely played a key … of the Earth’s atmosphere and regulating the global climate for life to flourish. For Guillaume Borrel and Simonetta … April, which immediately precedes the JGI’s 14th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting. Registration for both …

… cohesive data standards, the JGI partners with a number of facilities.  … Through its partnership with NERSC and the … to both expertise and infrastructure to facilitate these efforts. Particular areas of emphasis will be the development of tools and …