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… Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the … with light availability. A long-running time-series study offers a first glimpse into a full season’s cycle of this … was enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program. For most months each year, Ace Lake is covered in thick ice, …

… The JGI is leveraging its current partnerships to offer new capabilities and resources to users through a BER … is discoverable and accessible. Linking the resources of powerful institutions like the JGI, KBase, NCBI, NMDC, … access to diverse datasets that deepen our understanding of how organisms interact with each other and with their …

… Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address wide-ranging … Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley. Dr. Pennacchio received his Ph.D in 1998 from the Department of Genetics at Stanford University where he uncovered the …

… the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His responsibilities include the development of novel computational tools to identify virus sequences, the design of new experimental approaches to link viruses to their … Nayfach et al., 2020. CheckV assesses the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled viral genomes. Nature …

… Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal lineages. The … For example, the number of plant cell wall-degrading enzymes such as ligninases and cellulases were much lower in … these datasets will assist researchers in moving toward functional genomics studies to learn more about the inner …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … she stumbled upon an interesting observation in Chlamy. Most plants require the nutrient copper for photosynthesis; … green algal genomes using Chlamy as a reference for functional annotation, including Chromochloris zofingiensis …

… When local students Maya Hanck of Carondelet High School and Tim Kostolansky of De La Salle High School expressed an interest in learning … synthetic biology, Robert Evans and Jan-Fang Cheng in the Functional Genomics group took it upon themselves to mentor …

… April marks both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … to living on a changing planet. Mo Kaze is a University of California (UC), Merced graduate student working with  … challenge of explaining her research using the ten hundred most commonly used words in the English language. (Try it …

… 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 … at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.06.022. Wright AV et al. A Functional Mini-Integrase in a Two-Protein-type V-C CRISPR … doi: 10.1126/science.aav4294. Harrington LB et al. A thermostable Cas9 with increased lifetime in human plasma. Nat …