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In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … microbes are no exception. Back in 2011, JGI-supported researchers published a paper in the journal Science. It … of rumen-digested switchgrass, researchers isolated and sequenced DNA from rumen microbes involved in the digestion …

Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , researchers focused on the full composition of genes, or … framework provided by these high quality reference genome sequences could help researchers better understand related …

… conference venue This inaugural event will bring together researchers across major ecosystems and disciplines who are … studies.  This conference is inspired by the vision of standardized fabricated ecosystems (EcoFABs) designed for precise manipulation and reproducible …

Kaushal Sharma, one of five Antioch High School rising juniors who participated … Partners program is now an author on a Nucleic Acids Research publication. The paper describes the version 6 data … in GOLD. “Besides these, he curated several small sets of phylogeny, biosample metadata tasks we assigned.”       …

… fungus  Neurospora crassa . The Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to … N. crassa is the model organism for filamentous fungi, all of which contain a wide array of plant cell-wall degrading …

UC Merced graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan and alumnus of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program, first … 2016.  She described the microbial diversity patterns of Puerto Nuevo’s coastal waters and sediment with collaborators at the Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada (CICESE) in her …

Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and … to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. … MGEs based upon their gene content and their genetic sequences. The software was created by researchers under the …

… genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is a boxful of lures. Designed … catches. A similar technique has been developed by researchers led by Tanja Woyke at the U.S. Department of …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … of ecosystems around the world, conducting iterative searches using statistical analyses to continuously refine … CA. Banfield’s observations of the CRISPRs in her microbial sequences piqued Doudna’s interest. As Doudna noted in her …

Programs, he focuses on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives at the JGI. Dr. Visel received his … developed and applied novel computational and experimental sequence-based methods for elucidating the gene regulatory … of genetic switches implicated in developmental and disease processes in the human genome. In addition to his …

… for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in 1986, the van Niel Prize recognizes contribution of scholarship in the field of microbiology and is awarded on the recommendation of a …

You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel research … accepted proposals.  The New Investigator call , part of our  Community Science Program , allows us to work and …