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… new members to the JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland Hatzenpichler of Montana State University, Teresa … who studies sediment-dwelling archaea, expressed his interest in giving a voice to JGI users who feel that certain data sharing policies fail to represent the …

… Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics … fellowship at NERSC and LBNL’s Computational Research Division. As a postdoc, her research focused on stable and … Kjiersten Fagnan is the JGI's Chief Informatics Officer. Click to learn …

… Dr. Yasuo Yoshikuni has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program … to harness the power of DNA synthesis, strain engineering, and biosystems design for DOE-mission-relevant discovery and … Yasuo Yoshikuni is the DNA Synthesis Science Program Head at …

… In 2024, the DOE Joint Genome Institute and Alabama A&M University piloted an internship program to … and John Vogel on researching the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. They … the soil. And I’m specifically working with a grass plant that’s similar to wheat and rice called Brachypodium …

… Cas14 proteins discovered from JGI’s IMG/M database and … Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) associated proteins that can target single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). The discovery … Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. The sequences were then biochemically characterized by a team …

… A former JGI intern is now applying his internship lessons on presentations to peatlands Travis Lawrence sits in his backyard in Tennessee — the … published their research related to how bacteria that colonize the roots of sphagnum work to transfer their …

… Kaushal Sharma, one of five Antioch High School rising juniors …

… Puerto Nuevo is a small town along the Baja California coastline in … started, and overall found informatics to be intimidating. That first exposure from great interactions with Dr. Ben …

… Congratulations to the JGI’s Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in the Class of 2020, selected … of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology. Academy Fellows are eminent …

… Summer 2025 marked the second year of Alabama A&M University students … Genomics Group to study the effects of  Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. This … the plant  Brachypodium distachyon ’s microbiome. And that's what we've been working on this past summer. We used …

… Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately … Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic entities that seek to replicate themselves and spread from cell to … MGEs based upon their gene content and their genetic sequences. The software was created by researchers under the …

… Metagenome-assembled archaeal genomes provide new insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than … as well as tools for analysis. “There is evidence that methanogenesis is one of the oldest metabolisms, with … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …