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For the Joint Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a quadrillion nucleotide bases of DNA …

Biology Who’s Invited? All Berkeley Lab Employees and Affiliates. When: August 29th, 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm 3:00 pm – 4:15 … pm – 5:30 pm: Hosted Hoppy Hour @ Calicraft Brewing, Walnut Creek Where:  Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Drive, … Johnston for followup questions.     … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… online Oct. 11, 2023 in  Nature highlights the vast array of functional diversity of microbes through a novel approach … in as-yet unveiled microbes. Harnessing the collective power of more than 26,000 microbiome datasets, all … sequences evaded classification. Researchers also tried to hone in on the function of the genes via 3D modeling, and …

Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene … have been generated using techniques that the JGI has pioneered, including single-cell genomics and metagenomics. …

For the last 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. On July 1, … as a typical monthly JGI All-Hands Meeting, after a couple of perfunctory items, the agenda went off the rails – … as a rehired retiree, he added, his offer for a carpool ride to Berkeley from the Peninsula is still good. “I …

Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The … For the study, the team grew two sorghum varieties: one that tolerates better pre-flowering drought stress and a … the leaves. Each week the team would set up a makeshift lab powered by a generator at the KARE field site and then …

… archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global … on the global carbon cycle. All methanogenic archaea use one of three pathways for methanogenesis: hydrogen-dependent … Quake’s team at Yellowstone National Park’s Obsidian Pool hot spring. The researchers applied mini-metagenomics …

A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different … — can fix carbon, SAR324 is able to influence this carbon pool. Summary To study the lifestyles of SAR324, lead author …

As set out in the JGI Five-Year Strategic Plan – “Beyond Basepairs, A Vision for Integrative … ambition to further develop a more diverse and inclusive pool of talent for career opportunities at JGI and Berkeley Lab. …

Software engineers in the Synthetic Biology Informatics Group develop, deploy, and maintain software that support the JGI’s Synthetic Biology Program .  …

Since 2019 Dr. Blaby heads the DNA synthesis platform at the Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three … National Laboratory where he focused on functional genomics of phototrophs. Through this and post-doctoral positions at … editing by coupling Cre-lox and CRISPR-Cas9 systems. PloS one. 15: 11. 2020 Blaby & Cheng, Building a custom …

Dr. Yasuo Yoshikuni has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program is to harness the power of DNA synthesis, strain engineering, and biosystems … design for DOE-mission-relevant discovery and applications. This program has supported over 250 projects since …