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JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the … JGI’s operations). At the JGI, that translated to sorting through the stuff accumulated in offices, labs, lockers, and …

New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy cell walls. It’s the cellulose and hemicellulose … use of those other two components, which requires getting through the lignin.  Researchers led by Michelle O’Malley’s …

Congratulations to the proposers of the 19 proposals selected for the 2023 Community Science Program call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … had five areas of emphasis: genes to function, plant and algal functional genomics, inter-organismal interactions, …

A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The … National Laboratory. The JGI sequenced the shrub willows through the  Community Science Program , using long-read …

You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel … accepted proposals.  The New Investigator call , part of our  Community Science Program , allows us to work and … on rhizosphere microbiomes, and the metabolic pathways of algae. They will harness JGI capabilities such as …

Twice a year, the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program awards … have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship. Dr. Tringe …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … reference genome for Sorghum bicolor . Since then, 2,993 publications, 107 patent applications, and 53 patents have …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … Audio Two special days occur in April: the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. Since … our agricultural systems could become more sustainable through applications of microbiome science; our water …

… less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in … light on both when and how eelgrass adapted and evolved throughout its history. Their research, published in  August … assumed, due to the wide and varied geographic footprint of the plant, that eelgrass began colonizing the oceans  …

Her current research focuses on leveraging thousands of metagenomic datasets from host-associated and … Fellow at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as part of the Marine Microbiology Initiative. She conducted her … Futures … Metagenome Science Program … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Service …

… gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea likely played a key role in determining the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and regulating the global climate … may be analogous to environments found on early Earth.”  Through the JGI Community Science Program, Inskeep and McKay …

Clarivate Analytics, formerly the IP & Science arm of Thomson Reuters, has released their 2019 list of Highly Cited Researchers , which includes 10 affiliated … Manager Kerrie Barry, Cross-Field Category Fungal and Algal Program head Igor Grigoriev , Plant & Animal Science …