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… school scientists. The Florida Everglades evokes images of fanboats skimming over swamps, while alligators peer through the waters and clouds of insects hover just above. Described as a “river of grass” … that will help shape all of our futures.” Proposing a Research Experience Benskin wanted to give his high school …

… uniquely powerful in helping scientists link plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — had an unexpected …

… from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the … invested in being the bridge to help scientists and researchers achieve their analysis goals. Offering this tool … Amplification to generate enough DNA to put on a sequencer. As previously mentioned, it’s a method that’s …

… archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global … in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , researchers at Stanford University, the Chan Zuckerberg … the microbes into small pools of cells that were then sequenced separately. From these samples, 111 …

… still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have … As reported August 26, 2021, in Nature Communications , researchers led by Hal Alper at The University of Texas at Austin and Michael Jewett of Northwestern …

… crop without a reference quality genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. … most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the … Community Science Program; in 2018, a monoploid reference sequence of sugarcane was published as a step forward in …

Clarivate Analytics, formerly the IP & Science arm of Thomson Reuters, has released their 2019 list of Highly Cited Researchers , which includes 10 affiliated with the JGI . The … Nature Genetics, the work is part of a long-term project to sequence, annotate and analyze the genomes of more than 300 …

Hosted by the DOE Joint Genome Institute, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Desert Research Institute, the 2025 NeLLi Symposium delves into the … metabolic and functional capabilities. Take part in the "Sequences to Cultures" Jamboree!  Immediately following the …

Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced worked closely with JGI scientists on research projects that contribute to the larger mission of the … remotely due to COVID-19 restrictions, but virtual events and technology enabled a fruitful experience for …

The 11th cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns pick highlights from their summer experiences. This year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … JGI brings and being able to be a part of groundbreaking research is very sentimental to me.” Mentors: Crysten …

Metabolism   Although there are still a large number of secondary metabolites yet to be discovered and their … expressing a given BGC in various hosts, availability of sequenced genomes, and computing resources needed to predict BGCs from available genome sequences. The DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE …

… gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea likely played a key role in determining the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and regulating the global climate … known methanogens. With the help of this information, the researchers found evolutionary relationships between …