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… Through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo Kaze, Akshay Paropkari, … is so nice and willing to help. The second is the training that I am receiving. The mentorship I am receiving at JGI is …

… The JGI is represented at conferences year round; find out where our researchers …

… The latest edition of the JGI Progress Report highlights notable … lake east of California’s Yosemite National Park, taken by JGI’s own Jon Bertsch. Microbes isolated from Mono Lake were …

… The JGI’s Microbial Program focuses on using cutting-edge sequencing, annotation and analysis techniques to explore the vast and … large-scale genomic data to advance microbial research that drives sustainable solutions in energy, agriculture and … emphasis on bacteria and archaea, and including those associated with microeukaryotes. The program also studies giant …

… reveals the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental … Dehalococcoides mccartyi and  Dehalobacter restrictus,  that work together to break down PCE into the chemical … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… targeting transforms oil-producing alga into a powerful platform for developing ​​bio-based industrial products.    … precise gene targeting in the genome in the November 2025 issue of The Plant Cell. Auxenochlorella is an … allodiploid hybrid of two species, similar to a mule, but that is still able to reproduce asexually through mitosis. …

… other crops to grow well in worse conditions: with more heat, less water and less fertilizer. Grasses do better in these conditions, so plant biologists James Schable, Guangchao Sun and Vladimir Torrres have looked into traits that could transfer from grasses into other crops.  One …

… UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, JGI’s … assistant professor Suzanne Sindi from the School of Natural Sciences and started a program that offered a handful of graduate students summer research …

… food and fiber, but raising these animals also produces an atmosphere-warming gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come … and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported researchers studying those microbial methane-makers. Eventually, that could help us dial back their emissions, while still …