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… The JGI is excited to announce the 18 scientists selected for … research into microbial communities — from freshwater estuaries reshaped by dam removal to Antarctica’s … involve multiple collaborators, bringing together diverse expertise to address complex scientific questions.” Of …
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When submitting sequences to the JGI DNA Synthesis program, … files. ApE is an open source desktop application written by M. Wayne Davis or commercial options include SnapGene . … …
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In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that … who study it) a powerful reference organism for studying photosynthesis and cell motility. It’s also a model for …
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Lawrence Livermore National Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots … help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots have made these …
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There’s a party in the soil, and microbes are the VIPs. They’re feasting on the compounds … In this episode, biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has your backstage pass. …
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As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 Annual Meeting featured speakers who shared a look back at the JGI’s history, from its … currently works to support understanding of plants, microbes and environmental communities that have relevance …
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The JGI’s Community Science Program gives researchers access to … — and it’s open to scientists at any career stage, anywhere in the world, for free. We accept new projects related … tips from Tanja Woyke, who runs user programs at the JGI, and project manager Miranda Harmon-Smith, who helps …
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… Learn about meetings the JGI is hosting: … New Lineages of Life (NeLLi) … Viral EcoGenomics & Applications (VEGA) … The JGI is represented at conferences year round; find out where …
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… species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different lifestyles. The Science The bacterium SAR324 … In the ocean’s North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, microbes tend to stay localized at different depths. But … at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …
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The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in environmental processes (related to interactions of soil-sediment environments, water and air-atmosphere with … and the biosphere), including the global carbon cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and microbial …
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For the Joint Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a … of the Integrative Genomics Building—the new home of the JGI and KBase in the heart of the Lab’s 200-acre campus—with …
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… estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global methane production. They … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, report the … applied mini-metagenomics to these samples by sorting the microbes into small pools of cells that were then sequenced …
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