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JGI researchers lend expertise to develop tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth … viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, scientists at the DOE Joint Genome … researchers on projects related to understanding how the interactions between viruses and their host microbes impact …

… using gene editing technology to conscientiously mix traits of different plant species will help us get there. …

Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to … Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) , a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers.  …

… studies.  This conference is inspired by the vision of standardized fabricated ecosystems (EcoFABs) designed for precise manipulation and reproducible experimentation of … biological contexts. The program fosters intimate, dynamic interactions, offering an unparalleled platform for …

Mr. Everson rejoined the JGI in 2020  and leads all aspects of JGI Operations which include the Safety, Finance, Human … the DOE Joint Bioenergy Institute and the Operations Deputy for LBNL’s Biological Systems & Engineering Division. Prior to his tenure with Berkeley Lab, he served in the US Navy for 6 years as a …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … grass that can grow year-over-year on marginal soil and with few resources. Despite the low maintenance, it can … which could then be converted into sustainable biofuels . For its importance to the DOE mission, switchgrass is among …

Gilman, Louis Graf, Yuxi Guo, Shaomei He, Vayu Hill- Maini, Forrest Lefler, Pok Man (Bob) Leung and Huang Li; [middle] … You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel … environmental DNA sequencing to explore microbial and plant interactions across unique ecosystems, from alpine soils to …

A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research enabled by the JGI … more than 10 papers, including two Nature Plants publications, in five years, have come out of the … PI on this project. “I view the program as an excellent platform to build collaborative research initiatives.” Yasuo …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … challenges. Sorghum stands out as a candidate feedstock for biofuels thanks to its drought and flood hardiness. Even … reference genome for Sorghum bicolor . Since then, 2,993 publications, 107 patent applications, and 53 patents have …

Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced worked closely with JGI scientists on research projects that contribute to … language processing techniques to categorize genetic information. Learn more about their work here in a series of …

A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated … would allow researchers to focus on specific microbes within metagenome samples and associate their sequences with …

A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in … tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications. Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead it … of researchers sought to disrupt every gene in the genome with CRISPR-Cas9 in order to interrogate each one’s …