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…   Each year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from reseachers who translate genomic information into biological function. Through our CSP Functional Genomics … leverage the JGI’s DNA synthesis and omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function. …

… their work delivered during the 5th anniversary celebration of the internship program. Candace Cole, UC Merced JGI Mentors : Ben Cole & Axel Visel, Genomics of Plant-Microbial … “The summer internship has further confirmed by desire to pursue a STEM career, specifically in a government lab. …

… at the conference venue This inaugural event will bring together researchers across major ecosystems and disciplines who are developing and applying laboratory ecosystems to help transition microbiome science from … studies.  This conference is inspired by the vision of standardized fabricated ecosystems (EcoFABs) designed for …

Kaushal Sharma, one of five Antioch High School rising juniors who participated … the version 6 data updates and feature enhancements to the Genomes OnLine Database (GOLD) administered by the DOE JGI. T.B.K Reddy, Kaushal‘s mentor, described his student’s contributions as reviewing …

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

Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  Neurospora crassa . The Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to reconstruct and model gene regulatory pathways used by …

… technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. The Science Regulons are a group of genes that can be turned on or off by the same regulatory … the 5’-ends by 5’-end sequencing, from which those promoter sequences recognized by a given sigma factor are inferred. …

Pictured from left: [Top] Bill J. Baker, Jeff Barrick, Ian Gilman, Louis Graf, … You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel … harness JGI capabilities such as metatranscriptomics and environmental DNA sequencing to explore microbial and plant …

… complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … finnis . In work reported in 2017, the fungal genomes were sequenced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …

The JGI welcomes three new members to their User Executive Committee (UEC) – Jack Gilbert, … six other JGI users already serving on the UEC – go here to view the full roster of members. Each of the researchers had their own reasons …

… is now applying his internship lessons on presentations to peatlands Travis Lawrence sits in his backyard in Tennessee — the birds are chirping and a soft breeze ripples through the trees in his backyard. … kill the moss may hold clues to how these carbon sink environments can continue to hold onto their carbon despite …

Scientists have developed a more nuanced library approach to tuning gene expression in metabolic pathways. Compared to the traditional way, which leverages an all-or-nothing … to expression, scientists can now opt for various shades of grey. The ability to fine-tune the level of gene …