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Committee (UEC) recently welcomed three new members earlier this month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chris Schadt of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and …

During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working virtually with JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research projects, hone science …

With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete … from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the … the earth, but most species do not grow easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists …

Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata …

Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. … abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are diploids … plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many …

A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The … In fact, lipids can make up more than 90 percent of the microbe’s dry weight. In order to better harness these gobs …

DOE user facilities EMSL and JGI announce FY 2020 collaborative FICUS … for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national user facilities—the  Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and the  DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)—have …

Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop … best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their local environments; for example, crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying …

For the last 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint … vigilant stewardship as JGI’s Operations Deputy has come to a close as this previously retired Naval Commander … as a typical monthly JGI All-Hands Meeting, after a couple of perfunctory items, the agenda went off the rails – …

As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 Annual … featured speakers who shared a look back at the JGI’s history, from its beginnings in the sequencing for the Human … currently works to support understanding of plants, microbes and environmental communities that have relevance …

Dr. Udwary serves as a computational biologist for JGI’s Secondary … group. His research interests lie in use and development of bioinformatics tools for elucidation of biosynthetic gene clusters in … (1996) … List available on Google Scholar … Education … Publications …