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JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in sequences affect traits. In a text file, the rows of letters A, T, C and G appearing over and over in a … array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the absence of all the other letters of the alphabet. …

Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced … language processing techniques to categorize genetic information. Learn more about their work here in a series of …

A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to … tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications. Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead it …

…   Later this year, Ian Rambo, a graduate student in Brett Baker’s lab at the University of Texas at Austin, will defend his dissertation. Some of … the SCGSR research experience was “an ideal opportunity for me to get real-world experience.” As he finalizes his …

Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, … technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he … Mol. Microbiol. 87, 1223-1236. PubMed … Education … Publications …

A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in …

In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint … also holds a joint appointment with the University of California, Berkeley. Nowadays, Session is an Assistant …

… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship internship program between the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What started with 2 interns in the …

Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around the globe. Now, scientists have shed …

For the first time in several years, the DOE Joint Genome … Emerald Nash and mentor Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth …

The human-centered, agile collaboration between the JGI and the information technology company Truss has resulted in the JGI … from the other JGI Portals, as well. “For thousands of scientists around the world, the JGI Genome Portal is a …

Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have … to make products such as proteins, and the mechanisms for maintenance to keep processes running smoothly. As …