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… to Axel Visel and Zhong Wang, founders of this internship program, this was the largest turnout for the final … in some cases daily, check-ins with their mentors to ensure projects progressed despite the challenges of remote work. … with the UC Merced students is a fantastic component of our work,” said Nigel Mouncey, JGI Director. “This year is …
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… revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science … strengths into other plants. A brief timeline of sorghum projects at the JGI: 2009: JGI and collaborators use … its Sorghum bicolor reference genome and releases it to the community. 2014: GENCODE project begins. To support growing …
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… for genome sequencing, or only “true fungi”? A(nswer): Our focus is on fungi, algae, plants, and the microbial … genomes and those external genomes that enable JGI CSP projects – please first contact us … working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit …
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… seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. “To our knowledge, nobody has ever discovered a dispersal gene … this phenotype.’” Results from A “Massive Amount” of Sequencing Seed dispersal is critical for plants in the … back to identify candidate genes.” Through the JGI’s Community Science Program , sequences of several hundred …
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… of new molecules and pathways. The JGI Metabolomics Platform delivers rich metabolite profiles from diverse … products At JGI, in-depth molecular profiles are generated for metabolites extracted from a variety of experimental … metabolites are identified using LC-MS/MS methods optimized for specific types of molecules. …
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… cyclic di-GMP in bacteria through work enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP) . The Impact Cyclic di-GMP controls microbial …
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… relative, Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from … further drive a strong bioeconomy. Summary Through the Community Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … the Joint Genome Institute Community Science Program (CSP), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) …
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… EMSL and JGI announce FY 2020 collaborative FICUS projects. Through the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science … prominently among the eleven proposals selected with four focused on biofuels and bioproducts. For example, …
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… genomic information into biological function. Through our CSP Functional Genomics call , we look for projects that will leverage the JGI’s DNA synthesis and …
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… analysis of microbial, fungal, and plant research projects. More recently, these long-reads have been applied … deeply are metagenomes sequenced? A: For the next call ( CSP New Investigator ), up to 4 long-reads (PacBio) … PacBio reads (i.e., reads with very low error rate), so our pipeline performs long-reads-only assemblies and not …
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… contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, JGI’s Zhong Wang and Science … Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi from … staff, Mouncey explained: “One of the hallmarks of JGI is our diverse workforce and our diverse collaborators around …
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… Across four forests, researchers have leveraged data from the 1000 … said, the 1000 Fungal Genomes project, together with other CSP projects, had sequenced over 2,000 fungal genomes. The JGI … working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit …
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