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… and met local wildlife (a marmot!) as they’ve sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. These lakes are isolated, but varied. They’re a great way to see how climate change affects freshwater ecosystems, and …

… a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a dataset of microbial genomes sampled from rivers covering 90% of the … United States. They also provided multiple access points to the information. The team harnessed a community-science program to collect samples from across the country to standardize …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … nearly five million barrels of light crude oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley … also helped track and characterize the shifting waves of microbial communities involved in removing different …

… have leveraged data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and … nutrients from that decay, and deliver those nutrients to tree roots and soil. These fungi help shape a forest’s … world. These tools give researchers a way to access much more information about fungi in these environments. “Now …

… 4 of the Fisabio Summer School.  The workshop is addressed to students and professionals of biology, biomedical … fields who are interested in learning and sharing concepts, tools and research results in genomics, metagenomics and the … will be devoted to training in the use of the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system, presented by …

… [Pictured from left to right are: [Above] Sara Branco, Asdrubal Burgos, Posy … [Below] Zac Freedman, Martin Jonikas, Lotus Lofgren, Fumito Maruyama, Lauren Stadler, Tingting Xiang and Sheree Yao. … and developing RNA barcoding systems to optimize microbial bioreactors. This genomic research creates new …

… underwater volcanoes and hydrothermal vents — where lively microbial communities thrive, and even support entire … researchers Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Emily St. John, Gilberto Flores, and Peter Girguis about sampling these communities, and understanding how they’ve adapted to this extreme environment.   …

… Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics program. Prior to this, he served as a Research Molecular Biologist at the … as an experimental model for the grasses. In addition to this fundamental work, he established an efficient … distachyon is a small annual grass that is well suited to experimental manipulation in the laboratory because of …

… Gene expression in eukaryotes was long held to be monocistronic – that is, a single gene makes messenger … single protein. Gene expression in eukaryotes was long held to be monocistronic – that is, a single gene makes messenger … examples of polycistronic expression – in which two or more genes are encoded on a single molecule of mRNA – in two …

… The Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is home to the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Researchers from … capabilities, large-scale data, and professional expertise to support the global research community in studies of … and environmental systems. We optimize our service to the community through responsibly managing our people and …

… computing consultant, after completing a petascale postdoctoral fellowship at NERSC and LBNL’s Computational Research … methods for reacting subsurface flows, and evolved into scalable methods for scientific data analysis. In 2014 … Engagement Lead with a focus on adapting JGI workloads to run on supercomputing hardware and worked closely with …

… genome sequence of trifoliate orange yields clues to disease-resistance that could prove fruitful for … kumquats, limes, pomelos, mandarins, sweet oranges, and more. Unlike citrus, trifoliate orange ripens only bitter, intensely sour fruit. Yet this plant, native to China and now disseminated around the globe, often as a …