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Microbial communities living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for …   The Science Hydrothermal vents are ocean-floor openings in the Earth’s crust that emit hot, mineral-rich water. These vents are too deep in the sea to …

DNA Synthesis Science group held a  JGI Engagement: Accessing Functional Genomics Capabilities Webinar inviting researchers to submit white papers to the … the researchers will receive a FedEx package with the sequenced, quality controlled population representing the …

P. psychrophila genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga Plocamiomonas psychrophila can thrive in changing conditions. A recent study shows that when … to biofuel. Summary Water temperatures and salinity determine how life thrives in the Arctic, and how different types …

Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired six UC Merced students with seven JGI researchers for bioinformatics internship opportunities in fields ranging from …

Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, after completing a …

New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science Shiitake mushrooms get … mushroom genomes, and assembling genomes from 60 existing sequences, this work expands the family tree for Lentinula. … as well as atmospheric carbon dioxide.  Summary Researchers sequenced 11 samples from Asia–Australasia and 13 samples …

A former JGI intern is now applying his internship lessons on presentations to peatlands … a tool that leveraged machine learning to help users determine which computer program would best serve their quests …

… development of multicellular organisms. Not all bacterial lineages harnessed aerobic respiration when the Cyanobacteria did; contemporaries Melainabacteria and Sericytochromatia, members of the same clade … applied strategies other than photosynthesis to gain and harness energy. As reported January 28, 2019 in …

Igor Grigoriev from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, … of binning methods, we were able to recover Olpidium sequences from the “contaminated” genome data with strong …

A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less …

A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less …

Dr. Blow joined the JGI in 2009, and currently heads the User Support Analysis … group. He received his Ph.D. from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Cambridge University University in 2005, where …