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… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … energy production.  However, less than 10% of the microbes found in any environment can be grown in a laboratory — and … from environmental samples — to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. These genes were identified based on their …

… JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research projects, hone science presentation skills, and participate in … research. And for the first time in this program’s history, two interns returned to re-engage with their mentors from … research project! The JGI-UC Merced internship program was founded in 2014 with the goal of inspiring students to …

… in 2010. As the Deputy for Science Programs, he focuses on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives at the JGI. Dr. Visel received … developed novel tools for large-scale in situ gene expression analysis in multicellular organisms. During his …

… at the JGI, a Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of California, Berkeley. He contributed to the Human Genome Project and led annotation … Biology, Research Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Organisms, Moscow, Russia Postdoctoral …

… enabled by the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes … of the underlying genes. These genes then provided a foundation that allowed the scientists to interrogate the … more than 10 papers, including two Nature Plants publications, in five years, have come out of the …

… recognize that crop varieties grow best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their local … has a large polyploid genome, which means most genes are found as multiple copies across the chromosomes. “In the … why some switchgrass plants from the Northeast have traits similar to those from the Midwest, even though their genomes …

… all across the world and lead to cell death and/or profound changes in the cell physiology during infection.” … metatranscriptome datasets from the JGI’s Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system. “We then … both noted that other research in parallel has reported similar “dramatic expansions” of the global RNA virome. “We …

… Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that “taught” a … food crops and feedstocks for biomass and biofuel production. Learning about the ecology and evolution of  …