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… Benjamin Woolston. ] Each year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from scientists who translate genomic information into biological function. Through our  CSP … program, these projects integrate cutting-edge genomic data with predictive modeling and bioengineering to advance …

… the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What started with 2 interns in the … the Lab. “This project represents part of our long term efforts to contribute towards a diverse workforce and scientific community (working with the JGI) as …

… This single environmental trigger highlights efficiency for users requiring multiple omics methods to examine … offers a template — integrative analysis of multiple omics data from various environments — that JGI users can leverage … The team also identified previously unknown promoter sequences within these gene clusters, offering new …

… to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, … naturally modifying lignin.  The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using … Center. O’Malley is also affiliated with JBEI. The JGI data portals and pipelines helped identify potential genes …

… paired six UC Merced students with seven JGI researchers for bioinformatics internship opportunities in fields ranging from … I got to work with an enormous set of fungal genomics data. For me, it was an opportunity to adapt my existing …

… cycle. All methanogenic archaea use one of three pathways for methanogenesis: hydrogen-dependent and CO2-reducing, or … acetoclastic. All three pathways require the gene cluster for methane production known as Mcr. Until recently, the Mcr … the microbes into small pools of cells that were then sequenced separately. From these samples, 111 …

… — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the … the genomes of four anaerobic fungal species has revealed, for the first time, that this group is unexpectedly … finnis . In work reported in 2017, the fungal genomes were sequenced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …

… dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has looked for DGRs in a broad range of publicly available datasets. They’ve discovered that DGRs are not only …

… a chemical and biological engineer at the University of California Santa Barbara. So plants don’t break down without a … that biomass could serve as the starting material for a wide range of fuels and chemicals. To get to that … enzymes. They found many enzymes that outperformed industry standards.  A year later, her team used …

… Many of them spent the summer crunching genomic data at a computer; a few had the opportunity to spend time … analyses at their desks. As part of the DOE JGI’s efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the sciences, … Cristhian Gutierrez and Bryan Rangel Alvarez are both  California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP) students …

… New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent … called methanogenesis. Methanogenic microorganisms therefore play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their potential contributions to a sustainable …

… of members. Each of the researchers had their own reasons for wishing to serve on the UEC. For microbial ecologist Gilbert at the University of … in access, analysis and sharing of JGI-generated data. She is also interested in reaching and engaging with …