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More Our Projects Search JGI Projects DOE Metrics/Statistics Approved User Proposals Legacy Projects Genome Insider: Methane Makers in Yosemite’s Lakes Meet researchers who sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains to see how climate change affects freshwater ecosystems, and how those ecosystems work. Listen Genome Insider: A Shrubbier Version of Rubber Hear from the consortium working on understanding the guayule plant’s genome, which could lead to an improved natural rubber plant. Listen Shedding Light on Diversity in the Deep Sea Hydrothermal vents are too deep in the sea to get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions.Researchers studied microbial communities at these vents across five oceanic regions. More Data & Tools IMG Data Portal MycoCosm PhycoCosm Phytozome GOLD Streamlining Regulon Identification in Bacteria Regulons are a group of genes that can be turned on or off by the same regulatory protein. RIViT-seq technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. More geNomad: Rapidly identifying mobile genetic elements geNomad builds on two standard techniques for identifying viruses and plasmids. It can identify millions of new viruses and plasmids quickly, even in massive datasets. More LISTEN: Natural Prodcast on the SMC Check out the JGI Secondary Metabolism Collaboratory (SMC), a new data portal for natural product biosynthetic gene clusters and meet Prodcast cohost Jackie Winter. More User Programs Calls for Proposals Special Initiatives & Programs Product Offerings User Support Policies Submit a Proposal 2024 awardees for JGI Community Science Program annual call Learn about the 15 projects selected through the JGI’s FY2024 Community Science Program Annual Call - and the investigators behind them. More Enlarging Windows into Understanding Gene Functions Two approaches build up DAP-seq, which allows researchers to identify all the sites where transcription factors bind quickly and efficiently in the genome by adding tagged transcription factors to a genomic DNA library. More Supercharging SIP in the Fungal Hyphosphere Applying high-throughput stable isotope probing to the study of a particular fungi, researchers identified novel interactions between bacteria and the fungi. More News & Publications News Blog Podcasts Webinars Publications Newsletter Logos and Templates Photos A Decade On: The JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program What started with 2 interns in the summer of 2014 has grown to 75 student alumni. Mentors, students and others gathered to reflect on the benefits of this partnership. More A Collaboration to Improve Plant Genome Annotations Across Species The JGI Plant Gene Atlas is an updateable transcriptome resource spanning diverse plant species. The project spans 15 years and involves more than 17 research groups. More Busting the Unbreakable Lignin Turns out anaerobic fungi are actually capable of naturally modifying lignin. A study with the first real irrefutable proof that lignin can be deconstructed without oxygen. 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Learn More Podcasts Listen to JGI podcasts Genome Insider and Natural Prodcast. Learn More Featured Video https://youtu.be/16H03XkoUss Science Highlights March 21, 2024 Finding the Fermenters Harnessing BER-funded data resources, researchers built an interactive and comprehensive database of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use oxygen to convert food into energy. However, in environments with little or no oxygen, life had found other ways to produce energy, … [Read More] All Science Highlights Careers Contact Us Events User Meeting MGM Workshops Internal Disclaimer Credits Policies Emergency Info Accessibility / Section 508 Statement Flickr LinkedIn RSS Twitter YouTube JGI is a DOE Office of Science User Facility managed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory © 1997-2024 The Regents of the University of...