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… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing … cell’s membrane. Two decades ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a … questions, a team led by scientists at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office …

… affect users and their access to technical capabilities JGI offers, as well as proposal review procedures and the organization of the JGI Annual Meeting. Any investigator who has been an active user of the JGI at any time in the past two fiscal years is …

… plants. So they’ve looked into wasps that program oak trees to raise their young in structures called galls.  In …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex … Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant world facilitating the remixing of genes in the … authors think this might have to do with the differences in lifestyle: honey bees need ample sugar to make honey that …

… viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, scientists at the DOE Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science user facility located at Lawrence Berkeley … and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable …

… really fully exist back then,” said Hal Alper, a University of Texas at Austin professor, “but we really first heard about the JGI synthesis … “I moved to UC Davis in 2014,” recalled Philipp Zerbe of the University of California, Davis. “The work with JGI … and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable …

… impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave event in the ocean known as “The Blob.” The event was recorded during a long-term study of microbial communities in the northeastern subarctic …

… Summer 2025 marked the second year of Alabama A&M University students coming to the DOE Joint … experience funded by a DOE training grant.  Building off the previous year’s project, undergraduate interns … the Plant Functional Genomics Group to study the effects of  Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant …

… to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes cycle carbon and sustain biomes via the development and application of advanced mass spectrometry approaches and model laboratory ecosystems (EcoFABs). … at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have … , researchers led by Hal Alper at The University of Texas at Austin and Michael Jewett of Northwestern University describe a two-pronged approach …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … Audio Two special days occur in April: the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. Since … 2 billion people on the planet, to you know, within my lifetime, we should hit around nine or 10, which is thought …

… Yeast strains engineered for the biochemical conversion of glucose to value-added products are limited in chemical … an alternative format for chemical synthesis in the absence of cell growth by isolating the soluble components of lysed cells. By separating the production of enzymes …