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… During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working virtually … activities. For some students in the 2021 cohort, this was their first internship experience, while others further … Blurring the Line Between Plasmids and Phages … Polymorphisms Created by Transposable Elements …

… Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo … samples around the world, resulting in a five-fold increase of RNA virus diversity. “The world of viruses around us … metatranscriptome datasets from the JGI’s Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system. “We then …

… Retracing how the dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new ecological habitat. The Science By comparing genetic information from similar organisms, … rot fungi reveals the genomic changes Serpula lacrymans has undergone in adapting to manmade environments. The Impact …

… As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 Annual Meeting featured speakers who shared a look back at the JGI’s … manager in 2006 when the JGI transitioned from human to microbial genetics. Drell held the role until he retired in …

… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship internship program … Merced. What started with 2 interns in the summer of 2014 has grown to a total of 75 with the inclusion of the 2023 … relevant are service and respect, and I live these values by being able to pass along my knowledge to them as best as …

… In this short video, UC Merced undergraduate and graduate students share how their summer internship experiences have influenced their careers in … mentors  Zhong Wang and Bryce Foster Sivagunalan Thamilarasan and mentors Zhong Wang and Bryce Foster Feng Yu and …

… Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, after … team at the Supercomputing conference, SC’18, led by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dr. Fagnan … Kjiersten Fagnan is the JGI's Chief Informatics Officer. Click to learn more about how the JGI …

… have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, JGI’s Zhong Wang and … Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi from the School of Natural … Ben Cole, a project scientist in Visel’s Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions Group who has mentored several of the …

… For the first time in several years, the DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted several UC Merced students this past summer. This year’s cohort for the JGI-UC Merced … Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth Promoting …

… Dr. Sneddon is the Advanced Analysis Group Lead in the Data Science and Informatics Department at the Joint … informatics. Prior to joining JGI in late 2025, he served as Director of Scientific Computing at Predicine, an … biology company that went public and was later acquired by Ginkgo Bioworks. Earlier in his career, he was a core …

… Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their … Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his focus was primarily on how plants interpret different light cues by altering their growth program, and on how plants … of California, San Diego (PhD, 2011) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.S., 2006) …

… Mr. Schmutz’s involvement with the JGI dates back to 1997, when he was working for the Stanford Human Genome Center, now the … management for the reference eukaryotic genomes produced by the DOE Joint Genome Institute and the collaborative … to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …