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

… 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 … as a computational biologist. My primary future goal is to form a startup.” …

… ActinoBase offers a public portal of insight into special groups of … The 500 species described within the group are responsible for roughly two-thirds of antibiotics, and a deeper … key to discovering new antiviral medicines and treatments for infectious disease. Streptomycetes are also abundant in …

… participants in an online workshop to harness deep learning for metagenomic data.  Metagenomic data, or DNA sequencing … rather than single cells or isolated strains, is easy to generate, but difficult to assemble and interpret. The … insights from metagenomic data. In deep learning, a branch of machine learning, data is passed through algorithms …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … the ability to break down hardy plant cell walls and therefore hold clues to how humans could do the same on an … environmental samples — to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. These genes were identified based on their potential …

… Research yields a comprehensive tree and soil dataset for understanding the dynamic relationship between poplar … data set will help identify how different elements of the ecosystem interact and respond to changes in the … Dubbed “the” bioenergy tree, poplars are known for their genetic diversity. They hold economic value as both biofuel …

… During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working … in professional development enrichment activities. For some students in the 2021 cohort, this was their first … career enjoyed the chance to develop new skills needed for their PhD research. And for the first time in this …

… using measurements from single cells to understand which genes help plants grow, get nutrients, weather drought, and …

… Diatoms, a group of tiny algae, are also known as “living opals” because of … beautiful properties of their silica shells. But what genes are responsible for such mesmerizing exteriors? Setsuko Wakao and Kris …

… National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is a network of field research sites designed to collect long-term open … Through the  “Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science” (FICUS) call between the JGI and the  … State University, which archives and makes available for research over 100,000 samples and specimens of over 60 …

… A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, … traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, etc. — to its genes. The undertaking took shovels, trucks — and more than …