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… technologies provide opportunities for students and professors alike The Science In PLoS Pathogens , a team of … through reference genomes, but unfortunately there are not many available to study. This is because most fungal … readily available via the KBase platform. This effort grew from a modularized training program with the aim for future …
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… This series is the story of a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In this episode: a look at the supercomputing that stitches together … National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) has another supercomputer, Perlmutter that works at large scale. …
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… speakers who shared a look back at the JGI’s history, from its beginnings in the sequencing for the Human Genome … (1986) 98% of the human genome was thought to be junk DNA, so there was quite a bit of resistance to use resources to … impact, Anderson explained. As an illustration of this, he noted the new 25th anniversary mural that local Bay Area …
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… 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Sorghum stands … reference genome for Sorghum bicolor . Since then, 2,993 publications, 107 patent applications, and 53 patents have …
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… In our warming world, we’ll need corn, sorghum and other crops to grow well in worse conditions: … and less fertilizer. Grasses do better in these conditions, so plant biologists James Schable, Guangchao Sun and … Torrres have looked into traits that could transfer from grasses into other crops. One grass they studied just …
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… began in 2014, pairs undergraduate and graduate students from UC Merced with at least one JGI mentor. Together, they … pandemic. As a result, mentors set up weekly, or in some cases daily, check-ins with their mentors to ensure … “This year is unlike any other year, but we’ve had another successful year. I was so impressed with the work …
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… thing is the mentorship provided by JGI. Everyone at JGI is so nice and helpful.” Mo Kaze, UC Merced JGI Mentor : … I feel inspired to pursue a career in STEM. Everyone is so happy to know you and provide all resources to excel in … has reinforced my goal to pursue a career in STEM. I have not had one bad experience since stepping onto the JGI. …
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