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Pictured is a timelapse of the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is … Area are also co-located in the IGB. Vision The vision of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … place in evolutionary history. Retaining ancestral features of both plant and animal cells, it shares nearly 7,000 genes …

… and relevance to the DOE’s mission.  Have someone proofread your proposal to make sure the goals, experimental … the 500-gigabase cap and that you don’t request outside of the sample range that’s listed. Q: What are the pros and cons of proposing a truly exploratory small proposal that might …

… start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella … it can thrive in the soil as a saprophyte, living off decaying organic matter, or as an endophyte, living …

During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working … P. hallii Mutant Library … Evaluation of Binning Tools for Microbial Eukaryotes in Metagenomes … Functional exploration of Phage Impact on Microbial Root … Cross Species Comparison of Plant …

The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet … mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of the chemicals they need to survive. To fill in their nutrient gaps, they must latch onto a larger host — often, a fellow archaeal microbe. Understanding how these …

… to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter … data sets, their work may be akin to finding a single snowflake on a colored-in page of that book. Published online … metatranscriptome datasets from the JGI’s Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system. “We then …

… well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these algae in a container … LANL, Tisza Bell in Shawn Starkenburg’s group conducted a series of experiments on the Scenedesmus strain to find out …

Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The … themselves can also be modified. The best-known example of a modified DNA base is a methylation of the base cytosine at the 5th position on its carbon ring, …

Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials Initiative, a partnership … Microbiology and Cell Science in 2011 from the University of Florida, working with Valérie de Crécy-Lagard on using … AT, Blaby-Haas CE. (2024) Machine learning sheds light on microbial dark proteins. Nature Rev Micro 22, 63. Davidi L, …

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 … Twenty years after the JGI united the genomics expertise of three national labs in one long building at Walnut Creek, …

Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference … at CABBI and elsewhere are following up on these discoveries to develop new varieties of  Miscanthus as a source of …