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We are a DOE User Facility providing access to integrative genome science capabilities. Located at Berkeley Lab. Work with us: http://jointgeno.me/proposals_B
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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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Headshots for nine JGI researchers (Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh, Marcel Huntemann, Igor Grigoriev, Natalia Ivanova, Nikos Kyrpides, Simon Roux, Jeremy Schmutz, Axel Visel, Tanja Woykey) sits beside the Clarivate banner for Highly Cited Researchers and the JGI logo
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Don't miss the JGI's own Heejung Cho at this year's @berkeleylab.lbl.gov Research SLAM. The event will take place Sept. 18 at 3 p.m. PT. You can stream the event here: streaming.lbl.gov

Or attend in person at the Building 50 Auditorium!

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Promotional graphic for Berkeley Lab Research SLAM featuring Heejung Cho from the Joint Genome Institute, with a logo incorporating a magnifying glass, and a decorative green pawn shape.
September 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Engineering Eubacterium limosum bacteria to transform methanol into valuable chemicals like succinate and isobutanol—key for industrial products—Benjamin Woolston of @northeasternu.bsky.social will create the first anaerobic conversion system.
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A headshot sits beside the researcher's name and affiliation, with the project title below: Expanding the product range of anaerobic methanol fermentation
September 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Setsuko Wakao of @berkeleylab.lbl.gov will map how diatoms, which produce intricate glass-like cell walls that could inspire new biomaterials, regulate biomineralization processes by identifying genes and regulatory proteins controlling silica formation.
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A headshot sits beside the researcher's name and affiliation, with the project title below: Mapping the transcriptional regulators of silica biomineralization in diatoms
September 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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To drive the engineering of more resilient microbes, Tiffany Taylor of University of Bath will investigate how beneficial soil bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens regulates genes to survive environmental changes while supporting plant growth. @johninnescentre.bsky.social
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A headshot sits beside the researcher's name and affiliation, with the project title below: Characterising the transcriptional regulon of plant growth promoting bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens (SWB25) related to environmental persistence and flexibility to inform sustainable use in agriculture
September 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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By synthesizing 50 genes encoding two understudied enzyme types common in industrial microbes, Kathleen Scott of @usf.edu will investigate the conversion of CO2 to bicarbonate — critical for engineering organisms to produce biofuels and bioproducts.
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A headshot sits beside the researcher's name and affiliation, with the project title below: Functional expression of carbonic anhydrases that play key roles in cellular metabolism and the global carbon cycle
September 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Paul Scesa of @usf.edu will use soft coral genes as blueprints to produce advanced biofuels and biomaterials. By understanding how corals synthesize defensive compounds, researchers can engineer microbes to manufacture these molecules for energy applications.
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A headshot sits beside the researcher's name and affiliation, with the project title below: Animal genomes as a source of hydrocarbon feed stocks and biocatalysts
September 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Using machine learning to analyze gene expression data, @aaronrashotte.bsky.social of Auburn University will investigate how the plant hormone cytokinin maintains photosynthesis longer for increased biomass production.
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A headshot sits beside the researcher's name and affiliation, with the project title below: Deciphering cytokinin signaling cascades to prolong photosynthesis and boost yield
September 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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By investigating the role compounds produced by cyanobacteria gene clusters play in freshwater ecosystems, research by @philmuslab.bsky.social of @oregonstate.edu will support the development of predictive models of microbial behavior in terrestrial-aquatic interfaces.
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A headshot sits beside the researcher's name and affiliation, with the project title below: Cyanobacterial secondary metabolites: Linking biosynthetic gene clusters to secondary metabolite structures and function
September 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Todd H. Oakley of @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social will test protein variants from cyanobacteria to understand how they capture energy from different colors of light, paving the way to design microbes optimized for specific light wavelengths for bioenergy applications.
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A headshot sits beside the researcher's name and affiliation, with the project title below: Exploring the evolutionary trade-offs of cyanobacterial rhodopsins for broad-spectrum energy capture
September 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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To optimize biofuel yields and better-understand soil processes, Theophilus Olufemi Isimikalu of University of Maryland Eastern Shore will examine how switchgrass root compounds and soil microbes interact under different mowing schedules. @gccontent.bsky.social
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A headshot sits beside the researcher's name and affiliation, with the project title below: Elucidating soil carbon stabilization in switchgrass cutting systems: Influence of root exudation and microbial fingerprints
September 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Matthew Cope-Arguello of @ucdavis.bsky.social will investigate how bacteria survive starvation by controlling their genes during nutrient-poor conditions, advancing the mission to manipulate microbiomes for improved bioenergy crop production. @tlowepower.bsky.social
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A headshot sits beside the researcher's name and affiliation, with the project title below: Unraveling the gene regulation necessary for bacterial survival using DAP-seq and RNA-seq
September 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Hao Chen of Auburn University will map how genes control drought tolerance and wood production in poplar trees by understanding the genetic switches (transcription factors) that regulate traits.
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A headshot sits beside the researcher's name and affiliation, with the project title below: Unraveling the crosstalk in poplar's transcriptional regulatory network for drought tolerance and wood formation using DAP-seq technology
September 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Hao Chen of Auburn University will map how genes control drought tolerance and wood production in poplar trees by understanding the genetic switches (transcription factors) that regulate traits.
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A headshot sits beside the researcher's name and affiliation, with the project title below: Unraveling the crosstalk in poplar's transcriptional regulatory network for drought tolerance and wood formation using DAP-seq technology
September 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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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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September 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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On June 19, #ASMMicrobe honored @simrouxvirus.bsky.social of the JGI with the Microbiome Data Prize. Roux leads the JGI's Viral Genomics Group within our Metagenome Program.

More on the award: jgi.doe.gov/user-science...

More on the JGI's Metagenome Program: jgi.doe.gov/science-prog...

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June 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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DYK the JGI has two podcasts?

Genome Insider highlights the stories of our users whose research has been enabled by JGI support: jointgeno.me/GenomeInsider

The Natural Prodcast, hosted by @danudwary.secondarymetabolism.com, is for all of you #secmet folks: jointgeno.me/NaturalProdcast

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June 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Join us to share the latest research and collectively advance microbiome research across systems and technologies.

EcoFAB 2025: Advancing Mechanistic Microbial Science Using Fabricated Ecosystems eco-fab.org/ecofab-2025-...

Registration info: eco-fab.org/ecofab-2025-...

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May 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Happy DNA Day! 🖥️🧬

Last year the JGI surpassed 4PB of data sequenced! 🤯
Are YOU a researcher in need of genomic tools to answer energy-related questions? Learn more about working with us: jointgeno.me/proposals

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April 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Stay in touch! The JGI Primer is our bimonthly newsletter featuring updates on everything from new users, tools and capabilities to upcoming deadlines and noteworthy research.

Sign up: jointgeno.me/newsletter

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April 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Zhiping Zhong of Ohio State will use environmental DNA sequence from glacier materials and surrounding soils of the world's largest tropical glacier to study its microbial and viral community responses.

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Community Science Program New Investigator (FY25) Congratulations to our 2025 CSP New Investigator recipients! Zhiping Zhong Ohio State University Illuminating microbial responses to climate change at decadal-to-millennial scales archived in the largest tropical glacier
April 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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To understand the genes and regulatory mechanisms that enhance bioconversion efficacy, Yong Zhang of Georgia Southern Univ. will sequence F. oxysporum strains to study their potential for bioethanol production.

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Community Science Program New Investigator (FY25) Congratulations to our 2025 CSP New Investigator recipients! Yong Zhang Georgia Southern University Exploring genomic dynamics and gene regulatory networks underlying the biofuel producing capability of Fusarium oxysporum
April 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Focusing on microbial mechanisms that enhance plant-microbe interactions, Yaqi You of @sunyesf.bsky.social will investigate how biochar changes the rhizosphere in order to improve bioenergy crop production.

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Community Science Program New Investigator (FY25) Congratulations to our 2025 CSP New Investigator recipients! Yaqi You SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Understanding biochar-induced rhizosphere reprogramming for greenhouse gas mitigation and sustainable bioenergy crop production
April 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Jen Wisecaver of Purdue University aims to create a gene expression atlas for the golden alga Prymnesium parvum by surveying 30 culture conditions affecting toxin production.

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Community Science Program New Investigator (FY25) Congratulations to our 2025 CSP New Investigator recipients! Jennifer Wisecaver Purdue University Transcriptional characterization of toxin biosynthesis pathways in Prymnesium parvum, a growing algal threat to freshwater ecosystems
April 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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To ID metabolic mechanisms controlling oil synthesis, Flavia Vischi Winck of @uspoficial.bsky.social will explore how specific amino acids enhance oil production in the microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

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"Community Science Program New Investigator (FY25) Congratulations to our 2025 CSP New Investigator recipients! Flavia Vischi Winck Universidade de São Paulo Omics analysis of the interplay of amino acids in the regulation of the arginine metabolism and lipids accumulation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii"
April 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM