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… than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, … intern): In her final year in the Quantitative & Systems Biology PhD program at UC Merced under the coadvisement of … JGI internship led to her co-authorship on a 2017 Plos Biology “The JGI-UC Merced Genomics Distinguished Graduate …

… Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system … and researchers estimate that they hold about 25 percent of the world’s soil carbon. In high latitudes, sphagnum can … regional temperatures. For this reason, the U.S. Department of Energy is overseeing the SPRUCE (Spruce and Peatland …

… 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 … are partnering with  Yasuo Yoshikuni and  Ian Blaby of the  DNA Synthesis Science Program . “This collaboration brings …

… Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest portfolio of approved proposals highlight biodiversity and how ecosystems are adapting to stresses. A total of 17 proposals have been approved through the annual … collaboration that produced the reference genome sequence for Eucalyptus grandis. Accessing recently burned …

… Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that … through the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, including 55 newly-sequenced species.  The Impact The class  Dothideomycetes …