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UC Merced spent eight weeks working virtually with JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research projects, hone science … narratives, videos, a podcast episode, and presentations below. … … … … … … … … … … … … … … Blurring the Line Between … P. hallii Mutant Library … Evaluation of Binning Tools for Microbial Eukaryotes in Metagenomes … Functional exploration …

… on their summer projects. Watch the short video here to see what they had to say about their experiences and what … with them as they go forward in their careers.   Listed below are the interns, their mentors, and their summer … W. Berkeley Kauffman Project: “ 16s Sequencing of Barcoded Microbial Genomes ” Morgan Lavenstein Bendall : “It’s great …

… more about what they learned from working with their JGI mentors, what challenges they overcame, and what new skill sets they look forward to taking back to school.  The interns from this cohort and their …

… has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address wide-ranging questions existing in biology. He holds joint appointments as a Deputy Director at the DOE Joint Genome Institute, Senior Scientist at … he was named a DOE Alexander Hollaender Distinguished Fellow where he identified a novel apolipoprotein (ApoA5) …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … challenges. Maximizing soybean yield is critical to energy independence in the U.S. Not only does it pair … it simply doesn’t yield enough gallons of fuel per acre to compete with gasoline. Yet.  In 2010, soybean became the …

… with Valérie de Crécy-Lagard on using comparative genomics to predict gene function in bacteria and leveraging … Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellow, expanding her experimental repertoire to include in … AT, Blaby-Haas CE. (2024) Machine learning sheds light on microbial dark proteins. Nature Rev Micro 22, 63. Davidi L, …

… virologist and postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is using bioinformatics and isotopes to track how viruses influence the flow of carbon in permafrost.  …

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 … experience with the data processing and analysis workflows that we offer. We welcomed interns and visiting …

Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes do, how they work, and applying them to environmental and energy challenges. But not all … genes. These genes then provided a foundation that allowed the scientists to interrogate the roles that terpenes …

What started with 2 interns in the summer of 2014 has grown to a total of 75 with the inclusion of the 2023 cohort. Each of … that they can deliver these programs to our students.”   Following this, several internship program committee members …

… wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth (Toby) Kellogg and other researchers at the Danforth Plant … of the continental United States, occasionally pulling over to the side of the road to collect small weedy plants and … said Schmutz. “Building the pan-genome and accessions allow us to see presence/absence variation easily and to find …

… help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . … the multiple advances in sequencing technologies applied to the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including … it is a major part of the flora, fire moss has adapted to conditions such as UV irradiation, heavy metal …