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… plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to drive more productive food, medicine, and bioenergy … genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. …
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… Congratulations to the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers at the JGI! They are among those recognized by Clarivate Analytics for demonstrating “significant influence in their chosen field or …
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… San Diego. As the Sequencing Technology Implementation Lead, he directs a multidisciplinary team responsible for piloting and operationalizing new genomic technologies, integrating automated … training in bioinformatics, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab … Baumgart, Leo A., Sharon I. Greenblum, Abraham Morales-Cruz, Peng Wang, Yu Zhang, …
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… clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) … hundreds of microalgae are able to partner to form lichens. Studying the symbiosis by investigating a lichen’s genomes … can rapidly create genetic variation in its progeny. The study’s transcriptomic data also identified many genes …
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… free. We accept new projects related to energy and the environment several times a year. A few proposal calls have deadlines coming up – in January, March, and later on in the spring. In this episode, hear proposal tips from … user programs at the JGI, and project manager Miranda Harmon-Smith, who helps shepherd CSP projects along. …
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… We count on livestock for food and fiber, but raising these animals … produces an atmosphere-warming gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea … matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported researchers studying those microbial methane-makers. Eventually, that …
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… Genome Institute (JGI) Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting! The JGI convenes this annual gathering of leaders from diverse … are addressing the world’s most pressing energy and environmental challenges. The invited talks emphasize how the …
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… As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 Annual Meeting featured speakers who shared a … the Human Genome Project out to the future of the institution. Their talks shed light on how the JGI was established, all that it has contributed, …
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… and help them digest their last leafy meal. In their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic … and because anaerobic fungi can’t harness it, scientists long held that these fungi don’t have the energy to make complex compounds called …
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… Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a quadrillion nucleotide bases of DNA …
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… Interns contributed to a number of projects, from refining lab … artificial intelligence to aspects of research questions Another intern summer has closed at the U.S. Department … User Facility. This year, the 12th JGI-UC Merced cohort consisted of three undergraduate students and eight graduate …
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