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My project at the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) was to measure the polymorphisms that transposable elements (TEs) contributed to in the grass …

… snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers behind software that finds plasmids and viruses within microbial genomes. As … can affect how microbes cycle nutrients and adapt to climate change. …

… fully in-person internship experience in several years for students and researchers alike at the JGI. With the past few years upended by the pandemic, 2023 …

Lawrence Livermore National Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots … researchers and robots have made these experiments easier for scientists everywhere. …

Though a partnership with Biotech Partners, a nonprofit that provides underserved youth in the Bay Area with personal, … academic and professional development experiences that increase participation in higher education and access to fulfilling science careers, JGI hosted five students from Antioch High School this …

They survive everywhere from Antarctica to Joshua Tree National Park, despite extremely harsh conditions. And their … one day help other organisms survive hotter, drier climates. So University of Tuscia researchers Laura Selbmann and … are working with scientists from around the world – and the JGI – to understand them better. …

And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to understand how the freshwater … to analyze 500 metagenomes, it was the biggest project the JGI had ever put together.  The next 3 episodes are the …

… microbes are the VIPs. They’re feasting on the compounds that plants secrete through their roots, creating a lively zone called the rhizosphere. In this episode, biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has your backstage pass. …

As waters warm due to climate change, corals are in mortal peril. But corals comprise … and a little-characterized microbiome. When warm waters stress corals, it might be their microbes, including their photosynthetic partner, that help them take the heat. …

Despite their diminutive stature, “short plants” such as mosses could be uniquely … in helping scientists link plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — …

Berkeley is responsible for receiving and processing user samples. His R&D work focuses on the development of new applications utilizing a variety of technologies to improve the JGI’s capabilities in the areas of metagenomics, …

TBK Reddy gives an overview of the JGI's Genomes OnLine Database and why curated metadata …