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Trubl, a virologist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, wants to understand how viruses impact the release of greenhouse gases from Arctic permafrost. But to see what they’re doing, he first needs their DNA.   …

We know all kinds of things about plastic – except, how to break it down for recycling. But some hungry insects can … are taking a look at how these critters process plastic, to improve plastic recycling by following their lead.            …

More than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s … Participation (CAMP) program, a statewide initiative funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that supports … really for a significant part of UC Merced’s history and already in its five years has made a really strong impact,” …

… hosted the hybrid “NeLLi 2023 Symposium” delving into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and latest discoveries toward the evolution of cellular complexity and microbial … facilitate the shift from uncovering microbial novelties to deciphering metabolic and functional capabilities. …

This series is the story of a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake … two supercomputers — Summit and Frontier — that process terabytes of data with MetaHipMer2. And the National Energy … supercomputer, Perlmutter that works at large scale. But nearby the JGI, a cluster called Dori is also capable of …

… potential carbon cycling impact.   The Science Enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on … and S. magellanicum. The draft genome for  S. fallax is already available on the  JGI plant portal Phytozome , and …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … in 29 U.S. states and 35 countries. (Graphic: Neil Byers) The JGI launched the 1000 Fungal Genomes (1KFG) … Over 1,000 species have been nominated for the project by more than 100 participants. Roughly 700 have been …

Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil … microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the atmosphere. This episode, researchers take a look at what happens to that storage when a rainforest hits a drought. Tag along …

Congratulations to Jane Grimwood, who has been appointed the Loretta Purdy … was a group lead at Stanford Human Genome Center directed by Richard Myers, and among the Center staff that moved to … on the annual Highly Cited Researchers list assembly by Clarivate Analytics. In 2020, she was named a …

… genome sequences 10-fold through computational approaches. By mining more than 14,000 publicly available metagenomic … Virus)—for the virophage marker gene MCP, they were able to identify 44,221 total virophage partial sequences, … Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) , which is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy.   …

March 17, 2020, a shelter-in-place order for all residents took effect in six San Francisco Bay Area counties. The JGI, located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is located in one of those counties. The … User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE …

… world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel. The fungus  Phakopsora pachyrhizi … Left uncontrolled, soybean rust could reduce crop yields by as much as 90 percent. As part of the DOE Joint Genome … proposed sequencing a reference genome for  P. pachyrhizi to develop better strategies to counter soybean rust …