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We're building a data lakehouse (data lake + data warehouse) to improve access to data — and want to hear about your experiences with our systems: https://jointgeno.me/PortalStoriesForm

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Deadline Jan. 9: Submit your abstract to give a short talk at our 2026 "Empowering Automated Laboratories" joint meeting with the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory. 🖥️🧬

More info: usermeeting.jgi.doe.gov
Registration: bit.ly/EMSLJGIusermeeting2026

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Integrating Experimentation with Data | Joint Genome Institute
Join the Joint Genome Institute and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory for “Empowering Automated Laboratories: Integrating Experimentation with Data.”
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January 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
We're building a data lakehouse (data lake + data warehouse) to improve access to data — and want to hear about your experiences with our systems: https://jointgeno.me/PortalStoriesForm

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@berkeleylab.lbl.gov @danudwary.secondarymetabolism.com @axelvisel.bsky.social @biosci.lbl.gov
December 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
In honor of the IMG/M data portal's 20th anniversary, we want to hear how you use it in your work and what type of science it has enabled you to do.

You can share how IMG has helped your science using this form: https://jointgeno.me/IMGStoriesForm

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December 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Don't miss Paul Jensen of @umich.edu at this year's Integrating Experimentation with Data Annual Meeting, during our session on AI in Action: Automating Experiments for Genomic Exploration.

More info: http://usermeeting.jgi.doe.gov
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December 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Learn more about how Yasuo and his team with the JGI’s DNA Synthesis Science Program support innovative science and our user community here: jgi.doe.gov/science-prog...

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@axelvisel.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Deadline Jan. 9: Submit your abstract to give a short talk at our 2026 "Empowering Automated Laboratories" joint meeting with the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory. 🖥️🧬🧪🌱🦠🍄

More info: usermeeting.jgi.doe.gov
Reg: bit.ly/EMSL-JGIusermeeting2026

@axelvisel.bsky.social @biosci.lbl.gov
Integrating Experimentation with Data | Joint Genome Institute
Join the Joint Genome Institute and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory for “Empowering Automated Laboratories: Integrating Experimentation with Data.”
usermeeting.jgi.doe.gov
December 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“The enormous diversity of fungal genomes...offers catalogs of enzymes, secondary metabolites & other parts lists for biotechnology, bioenergy & biomaterials."—Igor Grigoriev, Fungal & Algal Program Head.
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https://jgi.doe.gov/user-science/science-stories/mapping-earths-hidden-fungal-kingdom
Mapping the Earth’s Hidden Fungal Kingdom | Joint Genome Institute
Leveraging massive comparative genomics to decode millions of mystery genes and lay a future-ready foundation
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December 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Don't miss @kcwrighton.bsky.social of Colorado State University at this year's Integrating Experimentation with Data Annual Meeting, during our session on Decoding the Structure-Function Secrets of Environmental Microbiomes.
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More info: usermeeting.jgi.doe.gov
December 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We're building a data lakehouse (data lake + data warehouse) to improve access to data — and want to hear about your experiences with our systems: https://jointgeno.me/PortalStoriesForm

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@berkeleylab.lbl.gov @danudwary.secondarymetabolism.com @axelvisel.bsky.social @biosci.lbl.gov
December 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Don't miss Hector Garcia Martin of @berkeleylab.lbl.gov at this year's Integrating Experimentation with Data Annual Meeting, during our session on Integrating Data and Modeling for Systemic Insights.
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More info: http://usermeeting.jgi.doe.gov
December 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The Metagenome Stability Diagram uses gene markers across ecosystems to understand how environmental conditions constrain metabolic activity in microbiomes. 🖥️🧬🦠

https://jgi.doe.gov/user-science/science-stories/data-discovery-tool-helps-identify-microbial-roles-within-metagenomes
Data Discovery Tool Helps Identify Microbial Roles within Metagenomes | Joint Genome Institute
Protein annotations provide insights into environmental tendencies
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December 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Don't miss Kristala Prather of @mit.edu keynote speaker at this year's Integrating Experimentation with Data Annual Meeting, during our session on Integrating Data and Modeling for Systemic Insights.

More info: http://usermeeting.jgi.doe.gov

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December 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The deadline for our FY26 Functional Genomics call is 1/29/26 👀

We're seeking projects that leverage our DNA synthesis and omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function: jointgeno.me/CSPFunctionalGenomics

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CSP Functional Genomics | Joint Genome Institute
The CSP Functional Genomics call is to enable users to perform state-of-the-art functional genomics research and to help them translate genomic information into biological function.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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We are hiring! Come join #TeamBioSci and help us bring science solutions to the world @berkeleylab.lbl.gov!

The @jgi.doe.gov has an opening for a Bioinformatician to join the Synthetic Biology Group. Ian Blaby is the Hiring Manager.

jobs.lbl.gov/jobs/bioinfo...
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Don't miss @carrieaeckert.bsky.social of Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab at this year's Integrating Experimentation with Data Annual Meeting, during our session on Genomic Ingenuity: Crafting the Future of BioDesign.

More info: usermeeting.jgi.doe.gov
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December 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Our interns gain scientific and technical skills. Learn more about their experiences:
https://jgi.doe.gov/user-science/science-stories/charting-progress-toward-professional-goals
December 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Don't miss Jim Collins of @mit.edu, keynote speaker at this year's Integrating Experimentation with Data Annual Meeting, during our session on Genomic Ingenuity: Crafting the Future of BioDesign. 🖥️ 🧬 🌱 🦠 🧪 🍄

More info: usermeeting.jgi.doe.gov

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December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Congratulations to the Biosciences Area's 2025 @berkeleylab.lbl.gov Director's Award recipients: Kateryna Zhalnina (Early Career), Jonelle Tamara Basso (Mentorship), Kjiersten Fagnan (Organizational Impact), Graham Fleming (Scientific), and Bruce Cohen (Scientific)!

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November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Scientists have identified a protein in poplar that, when turned off, results in increased growth, stronger cell walls and trees that are more disease-resistant.

More: jgi.doe.gov/user-science...

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November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Congratulations to the nine JGI researchers honored as part of Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers list for 2025! 🖥️🧬🦠🌱🧪🍄

View the list: clarivate.com/highly-cited...

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November 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Join us for “Empowering Automated Laboratories: Integrating Experimentation with Data” to discuss environmental microbiomes, biodesign & synthetic biology, AI/ML-enabled lab automation, and data integration & modeling.

More details and registration info here: jgi.doe.gov/work-with-us...

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Integrating Experimentation with Data | Joint Genome Institute
Join the Joint Genome Institute and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory for “Empowering Automated Laboratories: Integrating Experimentation with Data.”
jgi.doe.gov
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Congrats to @quantaofgeorge.bsky.social for being awarded best postdoc talk NeLLi symposium for his phenomenal work on the first successful cultivation of Thiovulum. Mind blowing collective behaviors by the fastest organism per body length on the planet!
Abstracts are due Oct. 19 for the 2025 New Lineages of Life Symposium — 80 slots available!

See speakers below.

More info: jgi.doe.gov/work-with-us...

Full Agenda: jgi.doe.gov/work-with-us...

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November 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
🚨NOTICE TO OUR USERS🚨

The Data Portal will soon replace the Genome Portal.

Portal users can book a session with our team for technical help, feedback or a guided walk-through of the new Data Portal. 🖥️🧬 🌱🦠🍄🧪

More information: jgi.doe.gov/analyze-data...
JGI Portals | Joint Genome Institute
Our data platforms are a key resource for the broader scientific community and require constant developments to meet the ever-changing demands of our users.
jgi.doe.gov
October 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
DEADLINE 10/19: Submit your abstract to join us for the New Lineages of Life Symposium in November! Topics include the latest research on the evolution of cellular complexity, the tree of life and cultivation of new lineages. 🖥️🧬

More info: jointgeno.me/NeLLi
Join experts at our Sequences to Cultures Jamboree Nov. 6–7 to help develop recommendations for cultivating new bacteria and archaea—revealed by a recent genome census. A key outcome will be a a compelling position paper: jgi.doe.gov/sites/defaul...

More: jointgeno.me/NeLLi

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2025 NeLLi Symposium | Joint Genome Institute
Las Vegas, NV Nov. 4-5. Immediately followed by 1.5-day jamboree on November 6-7
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October 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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🎉Congrats to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's Omar Yaghi, awarded the 2025 @nobelprize.bsky.social in Chemistry for pioneering reticular chemistry and creating metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). Yaghi led our @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov and is now an affiliate in the Lab’s Materials Sciences Division.
UC Berkeley’s Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Berkeley News
Yaghi created a field called reticular chemistry, which involves stitching together molecular building blocks to form porous structures — metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — with myriad applications.
news.berkeley.edu
October 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM