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The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why each year we look for … not led any previously-accepted proposals — through the New Investigator call under our Community Science Program . Below find a list of researchers whose proposals were accepted for …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements … that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus …

Data from marine heatwave event may foreshadow climate change impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers … flux in marine microbial communities. Using the JGI-generated data, Sachia Traving, a former postdoctoral fellow …

After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products … Nature Communications, Nature Protocols, Nature Reviews Genetics, ISME J, Nucleic Acids Research, DOE Small Business … et al. 2011. Metagenomic discovery of biomass-degrading genes from cow rumen. Science 331, 463-467. Swan et al. …

… diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s … more than 8,500 publicly available metagenome datasets generated from sampling sites around the world, including … expanded 10-fold from just 205 genomes, redefining the phylogenetic tree of giant viruses. Metabolic Reprogramming a …

… diversity hotspots Over the past few decades, advancements in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of … biodiversity. Using publicly available genome sequence data generated over the past three decades, their study assesses … the estimated diversity of Bacteria and Archaea With phylogenetic diversity standing in as a representative measure of …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who was … in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity.  In 2021, he was among those selected by …

… researcher who uses metagenomics to study giant viruses in cold marine environments and is interested in analyzing genes that can impact the metabolism of their hosts. …

… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship internship program between the DOE Joint Genome Institute …

… is currently a Senior Staff Scientist at Berkeley Lab. Since joining Berkeley Lab in 2008, Dr. Northen has had leadership … Genome Engineering Enables Rapid Activation of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters. Nat Microbiol. 4(12):2498-2510. doi: …