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Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant to living on a changing planet. Mo Kaze is a University of California (UC), …

Program presents… Eyes on the Prize – Launching & Sustaining Startups in Synthetic Biology Who’s Invited? All …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who was … Microbiology (ASM). Roux leads the Viral Genomics group within the JGI Metagenome Program, and coordinates the …

… highlights notable research and scientific collaborations in 2018. The cover is an image of Mono Lake, a saline soda lake east of California’s Yosemite National Park, … own Jon Bertsch. Microbes isolated from Mono Lake were sequenced by the JGI (isolates here , here and here ), and …

Data from marine heatwave event may foreshadow climate change impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers … samples. Genomic DNA extracted from the water samples were sequenced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …

Researchers from the JGI recognized for their “significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of … elements based upon their gene content and their genetic sequences. Roux was first author on a study featuring a new …

… researcher who uses metagenomics to study giant viruses in cold marine environments and is interested in analyzing genes that can impact the metabolism …

… and genetic diversity on physiology and ecosystem functioning through a combination of transcriptomic, metatranscriptomic, and …

Through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo Kaze, Akshay Paropkari, Vicente Ramirez and Rhondene Wint had summer 2018 internships in Walnut Creek. The students’ research …

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

This summer, the DOE JGI hosted 10 interns who came from a wide range of backgrounds. Many of them spent the summer crunching genomic data at a computer; a few had the opportunity to … . Click here to check out photos of the interns. For this second year of the DOE …

… develop presentation skills as well as build their network in the field of genomics and scientific research. The topics … students worked on ranged far and wide — from implementing new data visualization tools, to using natural language processing techniques to categorize …