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… UC Merced graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan and alumnus of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program, first … 2016. She described the microbial diversity patterns of Puerto Nuevo’s coastal waters and sediment with … environment I have consistently experienced each visit through my PhD. This environment makes it easy for someone …
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… user facilities. Focus areas for these projects include biofuels, biomaterials and bioproducts; hydrobiogeochemistry; … applications of molecular techniques. The FICUS program is designed to encourage and enable researchers to more easily … and the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) through the National Science Foundation (NSF). In …
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… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a podcast about the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. DAN: Welcome back to Natural … some conversations we had with scientists in the field of natural products. So, it’s a departure from the previous …
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… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … available on the fungal portal MycoCosm, many sequenced through the JGI 1000 Fungal Genomes Project. Francis …
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… Analysis of haloarchaeal metagenomes broadens understanding of Antarctic biogeography. The Science Haloarchaea flourish … biotechnological applications. The work has been enabled through the JGI Community Science Program (CSP) . … (project 4031). The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …
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… April marks both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … to living on a changing planet. Mo Kaze is a University of California (UC), Merced graduate student working with … Programs deputy and head of the Microbial Systems group through the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research …
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… have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of … He’s been involved in several plant genome projects through the Community Science Program. As a UEC member, he’s …
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… UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted to the end of a nine-week virtual internship. The celebration was … JGI staff. According to Axel Visel and Zhong Wang, founders of this internship program, this was the largest turnout for … UC Merced with at least one JGI mentor. Together, they work through a specific project that aligns with each intern’s …
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… The 11th cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns pick highlights from their summer experiences. This year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … undergraduates and seven graduate students from UC Merced through their long standing internship program. In just two …
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… a new reference genome for eucalyptus in the July edition of the journal G3 Genes | Genomes | Genetics , with … both haplotypes, meaning it separately represents the sets of chromosomes inherited from each parent. It also has … been critical. The new improved genome assembly generated through the JGI’s Community Science Program will help …
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… in sequences affect traits. In a text file, the rows of letters A, T, C and G appearing over and over in a dizzying array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the … as a stepping stone to studying many genomes simultaneously through multiDAP, which allows researchers to conduct …
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… than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, … Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi … expanded to include UC Merced undergraduate students through the California Alliance for Minority Participation …
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