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For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a … the alga has all the genes needed for meiosis, and thus can rapidly create genetic variation in its progeny. The study’s …

… their work delivered during the 5th anniversary celebration of the internship program. Candace Cole, UC Merced JGI … : Ben Cole & Axel Visel, Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions “The summer internship has further confirmed by … have done the groundbreaking work you’ve been reading about for years! And you can ask them about it! And they’re super …

… (CSP) . This includes mass spectrometry-based measurements of primary and secondary metabolites from plants, … involved? How long does it take to do all the analyses? A:  For the JGI  New Investigator and  Functional Genomics … molecules exchanged between plants and microbiomes during interactions? Is it reliable performing an untargeted …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. In 2009, researchers at the JGI and the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences described a novel technique to access …

… living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for bioenergy.   The Science Hydrothermal vents are … get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … seeps through cracks in the Earth’s crust and reacts with very hot rocks below, becoming an extremely hot, …

… the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency declared the North Railroad … PCE (perchloroethylene) found its way into the groundwater of several communities in New Mexico via leakage from a …

During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working … in professional development enrichment activities. For some students in the 2021 cohort, this was their first … Phages … Polymorphisms Created by Transposable Elements … Evolution of the Mitochondria Internship … Cross Species …

With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more … from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but most …

… (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a previous effort, an international consortium recommended specific … to recover the genomes of these viruses and associate them with their microbial hosts. However, assembling viral …

… works in partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and HudsonAlpha researchers led … allowed us to pinpoint and rank biologically relevant and evolutionarily conserved genes that could be potential …

DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy … Olmstead was back on campus at the University of California, Merced to start orientation as a first-year graduate … I’ll take that knowledge back with me.” Now a second-year evolutionary biology student in David Ardell’s lab, he also …

The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, …