Joint Genome Institute

Join us! Registration is live for our Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting — keynote speakers will be: ➡ Francesca Cotrufo of Colorado State University ➡ N. Louise Glass of University of California, Berkeley ➡ Ian Foster of Argonne National Laboratory ➡ Sue Rhee of Michigan State University More info: jointgeno.me/JGI2024 Registration: jointgeno.me/JGI2024_Reg Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab The Society for Science at User Research Facilities Axel Visel Nigel Mouncey Tanja Woyke Kjiersten Fagnan Massie S. Ballon Len Pennacchio

Galls are structures which wasps manipulate oak trees into creating for them, where the wasps can raise their young. With the help of our metabolomics program, Patrick Shih and Kasey Markel of University of California, Berkeley and the Joint BioEnergy Institute are examining these phenomenal nurseries for clues on new ways to engineer plants 🧬🌱 👀 💡 Learn more on the latest episode of our #GenomeInsider podcast: jointgeno.me/s05e04 Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science The Society for Science at User Research Facilities

We’re thrilled to share this heartfelt message from Erika Maquiling, currently a University of California, Merced student, who just wrapped up a summer internship with us at our Joint Genome Institute. 🎉 It's always inspiring to hear how our interns have grown and what they’ve taken away from their experience. We’re so proud of the contributions all of our interns have made and are excited to see where their journey takes them next! Were you an intern with us? We’d love to hear your story too! Drop a comment below and let’s continue to stay connected. 💬👇🏽 #Internship #CareerGrowth

🚨 DEADLINE ALERT 🚨 Poster abstracts for the #JGI2024 Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting are due AUGUST 31 for consideration at this year's meeting. Submission instructions are sent via email upon registration. More information at jointgeno.me/JGI2024 Register at jointgeno.me/JGI2024_Reg Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab The Society for Science at User Research Facilities Nigel Mouncey Axel Visel Kjiersten Fagnan Tanja Woyke Len Pennacchio Massie S. Ballon

Hal Alper - one of nine 2024 #CSPFunctionalGenomics recipients working with Joint Genome Institute. In an effort to re-circularize plastic waste in upcycled technologies, his lab will screen 1000s of untested enzymes that can degrade common plastics. Congratulations. #TexasEngineering

Delighted to be part of this Joint Genome Institute funding cohort, featuring several plant scientists! The Designer Glycans lab will prototype several hundred plant glycosyltransferases and accessory enzymes from land and sea to build custom polysaccharides for bioenergy and bioproducts

Each year we review proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research, looking to translate genomic information into biological function by leveraging the JGI’s DNA synthesis and ‘omics capabilities. Some ideas this year’s crop of researchers will explore: 💡 re-circulizing plastic waste in upcycled technologies; 💡investigating ABC transporters in sorghum to improve bioenergy and bio-based chemical production; 💡leveraging new tech for cell surface display to guide microbial solutions for carbon capture and conversion; 💡 using yeast as a testbed for plant fiber production in hopes of enabling production of more complex molecules from feedstock for bioenergy and biomanufacturing applications See the full list of recipients and their projects here: https://lnkd.in/eMiKwEaU And learn more about how to work with us on your own proposal here: jointgeno.me/proposals Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science The Society for Science at User Research Facilities Jennifer Bridwell-Rabb University of Michigan The University of Texas at Austin McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Iowa State University Steven Hallam The University of British Columbia Beth Davenport University of Montana Catalin Voiniciuc Philipp Zerbe University of California, Davis UC Davis College of Biological Sciences Nitzan Shabek

In this episode of #GenomeInsider, we talk to researchers working on synthetic yeast chromosomes — eventually, the goal is to create an entirely human-generated yeast genome! Episode link: http://jointgeno.me/s05e03 Weimin Zhang Jef Boeke NYU Langone Health Neochromosome, Inc. Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science The Society for Science at User Research Facilities

🦠JOB POSTING🦠: Are you interested discovering novel microbial pathogens and viruses? We're looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join our New Lineages of Life group! Details below ⬇ Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab Frederik Schulz

We're proud to see JGI-enabled research on how plant microbes drive nutrient turnover named one of The ISME Journal's best papers for 2023! Check the announcement from ISME | International Society for Microbial Ecology: https://lnkd.in/dHuswGZZ And the paper, "Plant microbiomes harbor potential to promote nutrient turnover in impoverished substrates of a Brazilian biodiversity hotspot", here: https://lnkd.in/evepEmEt Antonio Camargo Nikos Kyrpides Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science The Society for Science at User Research Facilities