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… Jan. 7: New Capabilities to Study Secondary Metabolism   Although there are still a large number of secondary metabolites yet to be discovered and their biosynthetic logics to be understood, accessing these untapped metabolic capabilities is often tedious …

… New 5-year strategic plan outlines how the JGI will advance the bioeconomy, leveraging partnerships to advance foundational science, creating opportunities for the global research community. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) has released …

… Sustainable Berkeley Lab maintains a  calendar of Earth Month … Sale. All year, the JGI helps support finding solutions to clean energy and environmental challenges. And many … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… Global chocolate brands can’t exist without cocoa According to the  International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), global … fungal infections. That’s why Mars, Inc., a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years and one of the world’s … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

…   Registration for this meeting has closed           Registration fees:                 … attendees: $500     Students: $200      Postdocs: $250     Industry: $700    Thanks for joining the Joint Genome … (JGI) and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) at their joint meeting! “Empowering Automated …

…   Save the Date: March 16–18, 2027 The next JGI Annual Meeting will be held in March 2027 at the Oakland Convention Center. Check this … details become available. Sign up for our newsletter to receive updates.    … Stefani Ferreira , JGI Administrative and Logistics Support  …

… – $250 Students & Postdocs – $200 Regular Rates (begin September 19, 2026) General & Berkeley Lab Attendee – … campus. Organized every two years since 2018, the goal of this symposium is to bring together a “Viral Ecogenomics” community to foster … be held on Nov. 18 in the Tilden room and open-air patio of the same building.  The symposium will include a mix of …

… The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why each year we look for novel … of desert grasslands to the metabolic savviness of microbial ecosystems at the forest floor and along ocean …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) … could help inform efforts at bioengineering symbiotic microbial consortia for bioenergy crops. And because lichens …

… Kathleen Scott, Tiffany Taylor, Setsuko Wakao and Benjamin Woolston. ] Each year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from scientists who … crops through transcriptional network mapping, developing microbial systems to convert renewable feedstocks into …

… fragments and data quality. The Science Through advances in sequencing technologies and computational approaches, … (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a … the genomes of these viruses and associate them with their microbial hosts. However, assembling viral genomes from …

… This webinar focused on how the JGI employs single-molecule, … to aid with genome assembly and transcriptome analysis of microbial, fungal, and plant research projects.  More … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …