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… a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But … viruses run rampant, capable of infecting different host species? Or, do they tend to specialize, infecting just a … their host indefinitely. Now, in studying a microbial mat from Cone Pool in Mono County, California, scientists have …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a …    While soybean has desirable properties as a liquid transportation fuel, it simply doesn’t yield enough gallons of … podcast minisode.)  In 2016, the JGI accepted a proposal from Sebastien Duplessis of the French National Institute …

… viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, scientists at the DOE Joint Genome … potential ," is among the five focused on tool development. Specifically, the goal of this work is to develop tools, … is led by a team of highly experienced investigators from institutions including the University of Maryland and …

… have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute … Along with the existing UEC members, their areas of study span the research interests of the JGI’s user community.  Go … biology tools that can help produce value-added products from these systems. He’s worked with the JGI on various CSP …

UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted to the end of a nine-week virtual internship. The celebration was … began in 2014, pairs undergraduate and graduate students from UC Merced with at least one JGI mentor. Together, they work through a specific project that aligns with each intern’s interests or …

… serving on the UEC – go here to view the full roster of members. Each of the researchers had their own reasons … other scientific organizations. Fungal biologist Stajich from UC Riverside sees the JGI’s open application process … The UEC represents the JGI user community and is responsible for providing input and advice on JGI policies and …

… characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in … of Sciences bridges this gap, by tracing the evolution of a specific enzyme family called aminotransferases (ATs). These … found that these enzymes have evolved distinctly from both core and specialized enzymes. Even during …

… for the global research community. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) has released … large scale data, and professional expertise while responsibly managing people and resources. “The plan looks … planning workshops, as well as collecting extensive input from all JGI staff, Biosciences and Berkeley Lab leadership, …

… their work delivered during the 5th anniversary celebration of the internship program. Candace Cole, UC Merced JGI Mentors : Ben Cole & Axel Visel, Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions “The summer internship has further confirmed by desire to pursue a STEM career, specifically in a government lab. My favorite thing is the …

UC Merced graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan and alumnus of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program, first … of mostly anecdotal information,” Ul-Hasan noted. “I spent a good portion of 2016 and all of 2017 looking for  C. … found informatics to be intimidating. That first exposure from great interactions with Dr. Ben Cole and Dr. Axel Visel …

… three new members earlier this month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chris Schadt of … of user facility operations and expertise in mass-spectrometry-based metabolomics and lipidomics to make … and help develop programs to increase participation from minority-serving institutions in JGI user programs. The …

Register for the meeting here. Here are some sessions of interest (all times in PST unless otherwise noted): … context for thousands of newly sampled microbial genomes from North American watersheds (Invited)” 4pm CST Convention … organic compound cycling in the tropical rainforest at Biosphere 2” 2pm Convention Center, Poster Hall D-F poster …