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UC Merced worked closely with JGI scientists on research projects that contribute to the larger mission of the U.S. …

Lead position in 2009 and assumed the Deputy Director of User Program position in 2021. In addition to her JGI … Science Program Head as well as our Deputy of User Programs. Click to learn more about the program's areas of … top 1%, by Clarivate Analytics 2020 van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics 2020 …

… program’s inception. In 2014, JGI’s Zhong Wang and Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of … shared their thoughts on the students’ efforts. Ben Cole, a project scientist in Visel’s Genomics of Plant-Microbial … campus organization and is involved with multiple outreach programs promoting the advancement of women in STEM. Lisette …

… developments to meet the ever-changing demands of our users. … Download plant, algal, fungal and microbial genomes … databases and analytical tools for all JGI sequencing projects. In 2021, the JGI launched the Data Portal to … tools for comparative genomics of fungi. Mycocosm enables users to navigate across sequenced fungal genomes, and to …

… have leveraged data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes … They sampled soils in four forest ecosystems, extracted RNA to understand gene expression, and developed new tools … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… energy and environmental challenges.   The Human Genome Project began in 1990 when the U.S. Department of Energy … completing the human genome, the JGI became a national user facility. The staff and resources shifted to offering …

… to enable biological discovery by the JGI and external DOE users. Adopting the latest  sequencing technologies … best for applications. The team works hand in hand with the Project Management Office to help ensure the JGI’s genomic …

… an ongoing challenge. This symposium series will provide an overview of the bacterial, archaeal and microeukaryote … of Life Lead Tanja Woyke , Microbial Program Gitta Szabo , User Project Coordination Rekha Seshadri, Functional Annotation …

… proposals this year,” noted Tanja Woyke, who heads JGI’s User Programs. “These PIs have proposed research that addresses … annual CSP call is focused on large-scale genomic science projects relevant to the DOE’s Office of Biological and …

… one JGI mentor. Together, they work through a specific project that aligns with each intern’s interests or … in some cases daily, check-ins with their mentors to ensure projects progressed despite the challenges of remote work. …

… partnership had become a “model” of sorts at the Lab. “This project represents part of our long term efforts to … support so that they can deliver these programs to our students.”   Following this, several … program committee members including JGI Deputy of Science Programs and Internship co-founder Axel Visel and UC Merced …

… for our 2025 Community Science Program Annual Call. These projects include cutting-edge research into microbial … investigators,” said Tanja Woyke, Deputy Director of JGI’s User Programs. “Many of these projects are large in scale and …