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… Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … because they often need unique conditions and a specific microbial host to replicate. Sequencing genetic material … be done” Roux said. And in just 6 years, IMG/VR has built a foundation for finding more of those details from all kinds …

… need corn, sorghum and other crops to grow well in worse conditions: with more heat, less water and less fertilizer. Grasses do better in these conditions, so plant biologists James Schable, Guangchao Sun …

… A quick snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers … behind software that finds plasmids and viruses within microbial genomes. As mobile genetic elements like viruses …

… Office of Science user facility, Keedrian Olmstead was back on campus at the University of California, Merced to start orientation as a first-year graduate student in the Quantitative … QSB Graduate Program Chair Ardell . He also noted that the two inaugural JGI-UC Merced Summer Internship Program alumni …

… Lawrence Livermore National Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots …

…   Register here  Registration fees:  Early Bird rates available now General & Berkeley … Genome Institute, the 5th Viral EcoGenomics and Applications (VEGA) symposium will take place November 18-19, 2026 on the UC Berkeley campus. Organized every two years since 2018, the goal of this symposium is to bring …

… Congratulations to Tanja Woyke, who has been awarded the van … Woyke as a pioneer in uncovering the hidden diversity of “microbial dark matter”–that uncultured and unknown majority … American Academy of Microbiology (AAM). She has led JGI’s Microbial Genomics Program since 2009 and heads the Single …

… Every fall, a mysterious green growth appears on top of farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might be quietly improving the …

… Originally conceived as a UC Merced graduate student summer research … experience at the JGI, the Genomics Internship Program soon expanded to include undergraduate students. To date, more … industry-level work and coding. Receive mentorship, network and connect with Lab staff. Increase their technical …

… and dream big. They encourage students to pursue personal, academic, and professional development experiences through in-classroom … industry-level work and coding. Receive mentorship, network and gain connections with lab staff. Increase their …

… here The workshop is addressed to students and professionals of biology, biomedical research, the health sciences … related fields who are interested in learning and sharing concepts, tools and research results in genomics, … will be devoted to training in the use of the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system, presented by …