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… During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working virtually with JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research … two interns returned to re-engage with their mentors from the previous year and continue working on their … Blurring the Line Between Plasmids and Phages …

… Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop … is a perennial grass that quickly grows in a variety of soils and water conditions, standing taller than basketball … In each garden, switchgrass plants clonally propagated from cuttings represent a diverse collection sourced from …

… A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental samples. The Science A team led … tested and deployed a pipeline to first target cells from communities of uncultivated microbes, and then … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …

… Chloroplast mimic a platform to capture and utilize carbon in a … system. The Impact Photosynthesis harnesses carbon captured from the atmosphere in a process that generates energy. The … pathway that would more efficiently remove carbon from the atmosphere than current natural processes and use …

… Interns contributed to a number of projects, from refining lab protocols at the … mentors, postdoc Yumary Vasquez, was herself a program alum from the 2022 cohort.  The UC Merced interns attended …

…   Each year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from reseachers who translate genomic information into … advancing the bioeconomy.  This year’s project goals range from improving crop productivity for bioenergy through …

… Click the cards below to view downloadable pdfs of previous Progress Reports from the Joint Genome Institute.  …

… Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that … maturation. Recently reported in  Microbiome , researchers from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … has extended the possible virophage genome size range from 13.8-29.3 kilobases (Kb) to 10.9-42.3 Kb. Additionally, …

… As part of the ongoing partnership between DOE JGI and UC … in science and research, two undergraduate students from UC Merced recently had summer internships in Walnut … CAMP students who earned outstanding research awards. From the 99 students who attended, representing 9 UC …

… Retracing how the dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new … habitat. The Science By comparing genetic information from similar organisms, researchers have gained insights on … of two strains of fungi Serpula lacrymans – var. lacrymans from Europe and var. shastensis from North America – against …

… While summer interns at the JGI from multiple programs had their own goals to achieve, they constantly …