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What grass is a prized ornamental and a bioenergy plant? Meet Miscanthus , an … Miscanthus will need some upgrades. In this episode, hear from scientists working on understanding Miscanthus biology … the economic terrain to help make the plant a viable alternative to fossil fuels. …

… final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, …

… data with existing bioinformatic methods to bridge the gap from sequence to biology. …

Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great …

… next 3 episodes are the story behind that giant assembly from Lake Mendota. In this episode: the software evolution …

This summer, the DOE JGI hosted 10 interns who came from a wide range of backgrounds. Many of them spent the … were two undergraduate students and two graduate students from UC Merced. Cristhian Gutierrez and Bryan Rangel Alvarez …

… papers, making the data available for future research. Hear from Rekha Seshadri (JGI) and Matt Escobar (California State …

… later on in the spring. In this episode, hear proposal tips from Tanja Woyke, who runs user programs at the JGI, and …

… strategies for de novo sequencing of eukaryotic organisms from simple yeasts to large vertebrate genomes.  For the … plant Setaria. Nature Biotechnology 30: 555-561. The International Brachypodium Initiative. Genome sequencing and …

… all the work that went into this program was the feedback from the graduate student interns; “it changed what I want … interns. For him, it was a special moment to see interns go from being “intimidated and nervous” at the beginning of the … was Travis Lawrence , the first graduate student intern from the 2014 cohort. After working on his post-doctoral …

… genomes, and computing resources needed to predict BGCs from available genome sequences. The DOE Joint Genome …

… other technological advancements that facilitate the shift from uncovering microbial novelties to deciphering metabolic … to assign functional “read out” to sequence data. Moving from cataloging microbial diversity to experimental … Lead Juan Villada, New Lineages of Life Group External Organizers: Jen Biddle, University of Delaware Eunsoo …