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The 11th cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns pick highlights from their summer experiences. This … of Science User Facility, hosted three undergraduates and seven graduate students from UC Merced through their …

A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes … samples. The Science A team led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Marine Microbiology has developed, …

Congratulations to Tanja Woyke, who has been awarded the van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in 1986, the van Niel Prize recognizes …

Pictured from left: [Top] Bill J. Baker, Jeff Barrick, Ian Gilman, Louis Graf, Yuxi Guo, Shaomei He, Vayu Hill- Maini, Forrest Lefler, Pok Man (Bob) Leung and Huang Li; … You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel …

Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are … With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of …

A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is a … microbial community from geothermal hot springs, they uncovered a novel cellulose-degrading bacterium typically found in …

Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science … fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can thrive in the soil as a saprophyte, living off decaying …

New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a …

… second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled … analyzing the enzymes present in the complex organic matrix of the forest floor, a team of researchers have found that …

… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship internship program between the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What started with …

Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and cracked earth are becoming common images in many regions …