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… so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical cycles…. Viruses play a pretty important role in the cycling of nutrients in these systems.” -Mike Wilkins, Colorado State University GI users …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help … capable of knocking down human RNA the way that CRISPR-Cas9 systems snip DNA. This could eventually lead to applications …

Scientists have discovered that the candidate bioenergy feedstock switchgrass has adapted to expand its habitat range. But at what cost?  A collaborative … by our new switchgrass manuscript , we plan to use existing data as well as generating additional genomic resources to …

Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria … nutrient cycling that evolved separately from other similar systems, and offers new clues into a unique environment in …

…   The JGI is excited to announce the 18 scientists selected for our 2025 Community Science Program Annual Call. These projects include cutting-edge research … to Antarctica’s photosynthetic mats — to reveal how these systems adapt and contribute to global biogeochemical …

…   Later this year, Ian Rambo, a graduate student in Brett Baker’s lab at the … the JGI through a Community Science Program (CSP) proposal, and Rambo’s research builds on that. “The purpose of this … work was overseen by Susannah Tringe, head of the Microbial Systems group. He also worked with Simon Roux and David …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help … & Environment Meeting: “What we wanted to do was apply a systems biology approach to the oil spill, looking at …

Fine-tuning metabolic gene expression helps identify variants in yeast genes. The Science Scientists have developed a more nuanced library approach to tuning gene expression in … experiment outlines a roadmap that is transferable to other systems, expanding the technologies available for other JGI …

Congratulations to the JGI’s Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new … Genomics Department Head for the Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division of the Lab’s Biosciences Area since …

Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … thus allowing them to spread across most of the plant’s ecosystems. The Impact For decades, the liverwort  M. …

… from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest their last leafy meal. In their …

Congratulations to Tanja Woyke, who has been awarded the van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the …