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… a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that … challenges. Switchgrass is a native, shrubby grass that can grow year-over-year on marginal soil and with few … 2007, the JGI has been working on identifying switchgrass genes related to biomass production, drought tolerance, and …

… cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and microbial communities that contribute to carbon cycling, and is … lifestyles found in the Antarctic lakes and offers a genetically-tractable model system that could help …

… lifestyles across multiple fungal lineages. The Science By comparing 135 fungal sequenced genomes, researchers were … how the mutualistic associations allow host plants, such as candidate  bioenergy feedstock crops, to acquire nutrients. … to white rot fungi. Additionally, some of the saprotrophic genes found in the mycorrhizal species, such as nutrient …

Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo Kaze, Akshay Paropkari, Vicente Ramirez and … JGI Mentors : Ben Cole & Axel Visel, Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions “The summer internship has further … about their work. It’s fun to be around people who are generous with their time and like nerding out about the big …

Biology Knowledgebase (KBase), the National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC), and Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area are also co-located in the IGB. Vision The vision of the U.S. … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory …

… who identifies and analyzes novel clades of RNA viruses and determines novel viral gene functions that may impact hosts and host populations. …

June 24-28: Module 2/Microbial Genomics & Metagenomics Workshop The workshop is … related fields who are interested in learning and sharing concepts, tools and research results in genomics, …