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Adopt-A-Genome Adopt-A-Genome In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never published in the literature. These students analyze the genomes, write reports, and publish first-author papers, making the data available for future research.
Hear from Rekha Seshadri (JGI) and Matt Escobar (California State San Marcos) about how the Adopt-A-Genome project got started. Plus, Kalyani Maitra (California State Fresno) and two students, Angela and Mark Soghomonian share what it was like to take on one of these genomes.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Episode Transcript
- For more information about Adopt-A-Genome:
- Rekha Seshadri: rseshadri@lbl.gov
- Matt Escobar: mescobar@csusm.edu
- Adopt-A-Genome Papers:
- Draft genome sequence of Nitrobacter vulgaris DSM 10236T
- Draft genome sequences of Butyrivibrio hungatei DSM 14810 (JK 615T) and Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens DSM 3071 (D1T)
- Genome sequences of key bacterial symbionts of entomopathogenic nematodes: Xenorhabdus cabanillasii DSM17905, Xenorhabdus ehlersii DSM16337, Xenorhabdus japonica DSM16522, Xenorhabdus koppenhoeferii DSM18168, and Xenorhabdus mauleonii DSM17908
- Our contact info:
- X: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never published in the literature. These students analyze the genomes, write reports, and publish first-author papers, making the data available for future research.
Hear from Rekha Seshadri (JGI) and Matt Escobar (California State San Marcos) about how the Adopt-A-Genome project got started. Plus, Kalyani Maitra (California State Fresno) and two students, Angela and Mark Soghomonian share what it was like to take on one of these genomes.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Episode Transcript
- For more information about Adopt-A-Genome:
- Rekha Seshadri: rseshadri@lbl.gov
- Matt Escobar: mescobar@csusm.edu
- Adopt-A-Genome Papers:
- Draft genome sequence of Nitrobacter vulgaris DSM 10236T
- Draft genome sequences of Butyrivibrio hungatei DSM 14810 (JK 615T) and Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens DSM 3071 (D1T)
- Genome sequences of key bacterial symbionts of entomopathogenic nematodes: Xenorhabdus cabanillasii DSM17905, Xenorhabdus ehlersii DSM16337, Xenorhabdus japonica DSM16522, Xenorhabdus koppenhoeferii DSM18168, and Xenorhabdus mauleonii DSM17908
- Our contact info:
- X: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-15906400 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:00:00 -0700 1605 5 5 full false Gotta Catch 'Em Gall Gotta Catch 'Em Gall Kasey Markel and Patrick Shih (UC Berkeley and the Joint BioEnergy Institute) are looking for new ways to engineer plants. So they’ve looked into wasps that program oak trees to grow structures called galls.
In this episode, hear from Kasey and Patrick about how this project unfolded, and how they worked with the JGI's metabolomics program to find out more about these weird little pods.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Join us at the 2024 JGI User Meeting
- Episode Transcript
- Paper: Cynipid wasps systematically reprogram host metabolism and restructure cell walls in developing galls
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov
- Sound effects credits:
- oars.wav by hazure
- Parma Park Bird Song with Stream.WAV by muneio ]]> Kasey Markel and Patrick Shih (UC Berkeley and the Joint BioEnergy Institute) are looking for new ways to engineer plants. So they’ve looked into wasps that program oak trees to grow structures called galls.
In this episode, hear from Kasey and Patrick about how this project unfolded, and how they worked with the JGI's metabolomics program to find out more about these weird little pods.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Join us at the 2024 JGI User Meeting
- Episode Transcript
- Paper: Cynipid wasps systematically reprogram host metabolism and restructure cell walls in developing galls
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov
- Sound effects credits:
- oars.wav by hazure
- Parma Park Bird Song with Stream.WAV by muneio ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-15511923 Thu, 01 Aug 2024 05:00:00 -0700 1471 5 4 full false A Redesign for Yeast’s Genome, Chromosome by Chromosome - Jef Boeke, Weimin Zhang & Leslie Mitchell A Redesign for Yeast’s Genome, Chromosome by Chromosome - Jef Boeke, Weimin Zhang & Leslie Mitchell To engineer yeast to do more, and understand genomes in general, Jef Boeke, Weimin Zhang (NYU Langone Health) and Leslie Mitchell (Neochromosome) have worked to replace yeast’s native chromosomes with synthetic versions. This project has turned out to be an international collaboration, with some artistic endeavors along the way. Eventually, the goal is to create an entirely human-generated yeast genome.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Join us at the 2024 JGI User Meeting
- Episode Transcript
- Paper: Manipulating the 3D organization of the largest synthetic yeast chromosome
- NYU Release: Researchers Assemble Nine Synthetic Yeast Chromosomes
- Our contact info:
- X: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> To engineer yeast to do more, and understand genomes in general, Jef Boeke, Weimin Zhang (NYU Langone Health) and Leslie Mitchell (Neochromosome) have worked to replace yeast’s native chromosomes with synthetic versions. This project has turned out to be an international collaboration, with some artistic endeavors along the way. Eventually, the goal is to create an entirely human-generated yeast genome.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Join us at the 2024 JGI User Meeting
- Episode Transcript
- Paper: Manipulating the 3D organization of the largest synthetic yeast chromosome
- NYU Release: Researchers Assemble Nine Synthetic Yeast Chromosomes
- Our contact info:
- X: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-15319476 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 05:00:00 -0700 1253 5 3 full false Forest Fungi, Seagrass, and a New View of Symbiosis Forest Fungi, Seagrass, and a New View of Symbiosis Three stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient cycles. Francis Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on communities of forest floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into seagrass meadows' carbon sequestration with insights from Adam Healey and Xiao Ma. And Karen Serrano and Benjamin Cole explain their research on the symbiotic relationship between mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Join us at the 2024 JGI User Meeting
- Episode Transcript
- Feature: Getting to the Bottom of Fungal Functions Across Earth’s Forests
- Paper: Metatranscriptomics sheds light on the links between the functional traits of fungal guilds and ecological processes in forest soil ecosystems
- Feature: Eelgrass proves to be much younger than we thought
- Paper: Ocean current patterns drive the worldwide colonization of eelgrass (Zostera marina)
- Paper: Seagrass genomes reveal ancient polyploidy and adaptations to the marine environment
- Feature: An Inside Look at How Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi Cooperate
- Paper: Spatial co-transcriptomics reveals discrete stages of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> Three stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient cycles. Francis Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on communities of forest floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into seagrass meadows' carbon sequestration with insights from Adam Healey and Xiao Ma. And Karen Serrano and Benjamin Cole explain their research on the symbiotic relationship between mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Join us at the 2024 JGI User Meeting
- Episode Transcript
- Feature: Getting to the Bottom of Fungal Functions Across Earth’s Forests
- Paper: Metatranscriptomics sheds light on the links between the functional traits of fungal guilds and ecological processes in forest soil ecosystems
- Feature: Eelgrass proves to be much younger than we thought
- Paper: Ocean current patterns drive the worldwide colonization of eelgrass (Zostera marina)
- Paper: Seagrass genomes reveal ancient polyploidy and adaptations to the marine environment
- Feature: An Inside Look at How Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi Cooperate
- Paper: Spatial co-transcriptomics reveals discrete stages of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-15241163 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 05:00:00 -0700 1594 5 2 full false What Happens To a Rainforest When You Dial Up Drought? - Linnea Honeker and Malak Tfaily What Happens To a Rainforest When You Dial Up Drought? - Linnea Honeker and Malak Tfaily Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the atmosphere. This episode, researchers take a look at what happens to that storage when a rainforest hits a drought. Tag along with their experiments in a fully enclosed, human-made ecosystem: Biosphere 2.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Join us at the 2024 JGI User Meeting
- FICUS program
- Episode Transcript
- Paper: Drought re-routes soil microbial carbon metabolism towards emission of volatile metabolites in an artificial tropical rainforest https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-023-01507-7
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the atmosphere. This episode, researchers take a look at what happens to that storage when a rainforest hits a drought. Tag along with their experiments in a fully enclosed, human-made ecosystem: Biosphere 2.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Join us at the 2024 JGI User Meeting
- FICUS program
- Episode Transcript
- Paper: Drought re-routes soil microbial carbon metabolism towards emission of volatile metabolites in an artificial tropical rainforest https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-023-01507-7
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-15158945 Thu, 30 May 2024 05:00:00 -0700 1373 5 1 full false The Megadata of Lake Mendota - Part 3: Boating Out to David Buoy The Megadata of Lake Mendota - Part 3: Boating Out to David Buoy This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve covered the specialized software and supercomputers behind this project. But every part of this project depends on lakewater samples — so this episode is a look at how researchers get these specialized snapshots of a freshwater ecosystem.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Episode Transcript
- The Megadata of Lake Mendota – Part 1: Many, Many Mers
- The Megadata of Lake Mendota – Part 2: Souped Up Computing
- Related papers:
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve covered the specialized software and supercomputers behind this project. But every part of this project depends on lakewater samples — so this episode is a look at how researchers get these specialized snapshots of a freshwater ecosystem.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Episode Transcript
- The Megadata of Lake Mendota – Part 1: Many, Many Mers
- The Megadata of Lake Mendota – Part 2: Souped Up Computing
- Related papers:
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-14184973 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 04:00:00 -0800 1478 4 8 full false The Megadata of Lake Mendota - Part 2: Souped Up Computing The Megadata of Lake Mendota - Part 2: Souped Up Computing This series is the story of a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In this episode: a look at the supercomputing that stitches together large datasets with the assembler program MetaHipMer2.
Oak Ridge National Lab is home to two supercomputers — Summit and Frontier — that process terabytes of data with MetaHipMer2. And the National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) has another supercomputer, Perlmutter that works at large scale. But nearby the JGI, a cluster called Dori is also capable of running smaller assemblies — so we head there for a sense of what this supercomputing looks like.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Episode Transcript
- Robert Riley at the 2016 DOE JGI Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting
- MetaHipMer
- The ExaBiome Project
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> This series is the story of a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In this episode: a look at the supercomputing that stitches together large datasets with the assembler program MetaHipMer2.
Oak Ridge National Lab is home to two supercomputers — Summit and Frontier — that process terabytes of data with MetaHipMer2. And the National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) has another supercomputer, Perlmutter that works at large scale. But nearby the JGI, a cluster called Dori is also capable of running smaller assemblies — so we head there for a sense of what this supercomputing looks like.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Episode Transcript
- Robert Riley at the 2016 DOE JGI Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting
- MetaHipMer
- The ExaBiome Project
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-14103838 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 04:00:00 -0800 1326 4 7 full false The Megadata of Lake Mendota - Part 1: Many, Many Mers The Megadata of Lake Mendota - Part 1: Many, Many Mers Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to understand how the freshwater ecosystem works.
So a few years ago, when they set out to analyze 500 metagenomes, it was the biggest project the JGI had ever put together.
The next 3 episodes are the story behind that giant assembly from Lake Mendota. In this episode: the software evolution that made metagenome assemblies like this possible.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Episode Transcript
- The JGI’s Metagenome Program
- MetaHipMer
- The ExaBiome Project
- Paper: Hofmeyr, S., Egan, R., Georganas, E. et al. Terabase-scale metagenome coassembly with MetaHipMer. Sci Rep 10, 10689 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67416-5
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to understand how the freshwater ecosystem works.
So a few years ago, when they set out to analyze 500 metagenomes, it was the biggest project the JGI had ever put together.
The next 3 episodes are the story behind that giant assembly from Lake Mendota. In this episode: the software evolution that made metagenome assemblies like this possible.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Episode Transcript
- The JGI’s Metagenome Program
- MetaHipMer
- The ExaBiome Project
- Paper: Hofmeyr, S., Egan, R., Georganas, E. et al. Terabase-scale metagenome coassembly with MetaHipMer. Sci Rep 10, 10689 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67416-5
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-14013293 Tue, 21 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0800 1576 4 6 full false Experimenting with EcoFABs for Student Labs - Jill Bouchard & Ying Wang Experimenting with EcoFABs for Student Labs - Jill Bouchard & Ying Wang To set up flexible, repeatable experiments on plants and microbes, Trent Northen’s group at Berkeley Lab created a fabricated ecosystem – an EcoFAB. These small plastic growth chambers let researchers around the world compare their work consistently. And EcoFABs also work well in the classroom. This episode, we visit Los Medanos College to see EcoFABs in action in Jill Bouchard’s BIO 21 lab course.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Find out more about EcoFABs
- Connect with Ying Wang about her lab at Texas A&M
- Episode Transcript
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> To set up flexible, repeatable experiments on plants and microbes, Trent Northen’s group at Berkeley Lab created a fabricated ecosystem – an EcoFAB. These small plastic growth chambers let researchers around the world compare their work consistently. And EcoFABs also work well in the classroom. This episode, we visit Los Medanos College to see EcoFABs in action in Jill Bouchard’s BIO 21 lab course.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Find out more about EcoFABs
- Connect with Ying Wang about her lab at Texas A&M
- Episode Transcript
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-13937177 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 04:00:00 -0800 1335 4 5 full false JGIota: A Surprise for Chloroflexota — The First Flagella! JGIota: A Surprise for Chloroflexota — The First Flagella! To understand how organisms adapt to extreme environments, Marike Palmer and Brian Hedlund study organisms living in hot springs. Hear how their recent work revealed more about the history of the Chloroflexota phylum and a new way of moving: a tail-like flagella.
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Join us at the 2023 JGI User Meeting
Links from this episode:
- Episode Transcript
- Publication: Palmer, M, et al.Thermophilic Dehalococcoidia with unusual traits shed light on an unexpected past The ISME Journal. (2023). doi: 10.1038/s41396-023-01405-0
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> To understand how organisms adapt to extreme environments, Marike Palmer and Brian Hedlund study organisms living in hot springs. Hear how their recent work revealed more about the history of the Chloroflexota phylum and a new way of moving: a tail-like flagella.
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Join us at the 2023 JGI User Meeting
Links from this episode:
- Episode Transcript
- Publication: Palmer, M, et al.Thermophilic Dehalococcoidia with unusual traits shed light on an unexpected past The ISME Journal. (2023). doi: 10.1038/s41396-023-01405-0
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-13805637 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 04:00:00 -0700 506 4 full false JGIota: A Tool to Find the Nomadic Genes that Help Microbes Adapt - geNomad JGIota: A Tool to Find the Nomadic Genes that Help Microbes Adapt - geNomad A quick snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers behind software that finds plasmids and viruses within microbial genomes. As mobile genetic elements like viruses spread their DNA, they can affect how microbes cycle nutrients and adapt to climate change.
- Episode Transcript
- Publication: Camargo, A.P., et al. “Identification of mobile genetic elements with geNomad,” Nature Biotechnology. (2023). doi: 10.1038/s41587-023-01953-y
- Science Highlight: You can move, but you can't hide
- Learn more about geNomad and download it
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Explore IMG/VR and IMG/PR
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> A quick snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers behind software that finds plasmids and viruses within microbial genomes. As mobile genetic elements like viruses spread their DNA, they can affect how microbes cycle nutrients and adapt to climate change.
- Episode Transcript
- Publication: Camargo, A.P., et al. “Identification of mobile genetic elements with geNomad,” Nature Biotechnology. (2023). doi: 10.1038/s41587-023-01953-y
- Science Highlight: You can move, but you can't hide
- Learn more about geNomad and download it
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Explore IMG/VR and IMG/PR
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-13628580 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:00:00 -0700 351 full false Methane Makers in Yosemite's Lakes - Mike Beman and Elisabet Perez Coronel Methane Makers in Yosemite's Lakes - Mike Beman and Elisabet Perez Coronel Meet researchers who have hiked, rafted and met local wildlife (a marmot!) as they’ve sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. These lakes are isolated, but varied. They’re a great way to see how climate change affects freshwater ecosystems, and how those ecosystems work.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI http://jointgeno.me/proposals
- Join us at the 2023 JGI User Meeting http://jointgeno.me/JGI2023
- Episode Transcript
- Publication: Perez-Coronel, E., Michael Beman, J. Multiple sources of aerobic methane production in aquatic ecosystems include bacterial photosynthesis. Nat Commun 13, 6454 (2022). doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34105-y
- Learn about the IMG/M system
- JGI Webinars: http://jointgeno.me/Webinars
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov
Sound Effects Credits: Marmot sound courtesy of slunali, freesound.org
]]> Meet researchers who have hiked, rafted and met local wildlife (a marmot!) as they’ve sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. These lakes are isolated, but varied. They’re a great way to see how climate change affects freshwater ecosystems, and how those ecosystems work.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI http://jointgeno.me/proposals
- Join us at the 2023 JGI User Meeting http://jointgeno.me/JGI2023
- Episode Transcript
- Publication: Perez-Coronel, E., Michael Beman, J. Multiple sources of aerobic methane production in aquatic ecosystems include bacterial photosynthesis. Nat Commun 13, 6454 (2022). doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34105-y
- Learn about the IMG/M system
- JGI Webinars: http://jointgeno.me/Webinars
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov
Sound Effects Credits: Marmot sound courtesy of slunali, freesound.org
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-13119814 Thu, 29 Jun 2023 04:00:00 -0700 1636 4 4 full false A Shrubbier Version of Rubber - Andrew Nelson and Colleen McMahan A Shrubbier Version of Rubber - Andrew Nelson and Colleen McMahan Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis. It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to North America: guayule.
This episode was made in collaboration with our friends at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI : http://jointgeno.me/proposals
- Join us at the 2023 JGI User Meeting: http://jointgeno.me/JGI2023
- Episode Transcript
- HudsonAlpha Institute's Tiny Expeditions Podcast
- Guayule: Can genetics create a natural US rubber source?
- Guayule Project in the JGI’s Approved Proposals of 2022
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis. It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to North America: guayule.
This episode was made in collaboration with our friends at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI : http://jointgeno.me/proposals
- Join us at the 2023 JGI User Meeting: http://jointgeno.me/JGI2023
- Episode Transcript
- HudsonAlpha Institute's Tiny Expeditions Podcast
- Guayule: Can genetics create a natural US rubber source?
- Guayule Project in the JGI’s Approved Proposals of 2022
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-13085610 Thu, 22 Jun 2023 04:00:00 -0700 1237 4 3 full false The Busy World of Deep Sea Eruptions - Anna-Louise Reysenbach and Emily St. John The Busy World of Deep Sea Eruptions - Anna-Louise Reysenbach and Emily St. John The ocean depths are vast and dark. But there are hotspots on the ocean floor — underwater volcanoes and hydrothermal vents — where lively microbial communities thrive, and even support entire ecosystems. Hear from researchers Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Emily St. John, Gilberto Flores, and Peter Girguis about sampling these communities, and understanding how they’ve adapted to this extreme environment.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI: http://jointgeno.me/proposals
- Join us at the 2023 JGI User Meeting: http://jointgeno.me/JGI2023
- Episode Transcript
- Paper: Global patterns of diversity and metabolism of microbial communities in deep-sea hydrothermal vent deposits
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> The ocean depths are vast and dark. But there are hotspots on the ocean floor — underwater volcanoes and hydrothermal vents — where lively microbial communities thrive, and even support entire ecosystems. Hear from researchers Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Emily St. John, Gilberto Flores, and Peter Girguis about sampling these communities, and understanding how they’ve adapted to this extreme environment.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI: http://jointgeno.me/proposals
- Join us at the 2023 JGI User Meeting: http://jointgeno.me/JGI2023
- Episode Transcript
- Paper: Global patterns of diversity and metabolism of microbial communities in deep-sea hydrothermal vent deposits
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-13042464 Thu, 15 Jun 2023 04:00:00 -0700 1844 4 2 full false Crops as Tough as World Cup Turf - James Schnable and Guangchao Sun Crops as Tough as World Cup Turf - James Schnable and Guangchao Sun In our warming world, we’ll need corn, sorghum and other crops to grow well in worse conditions: with more heat, less water and less fertilizer. Grasses do better in these conditions, so plant biologists James Schable, Guangchao Sun and Vladimir Torrres have looked into traits that could transfer from grasses into other crops.
One grass they studied just happened to be the same species that covered World Cup pitches in 2022.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Join us at the 2023 JGI User Meeting
- Episode Transcript
- Publication: Sun, G., Wase, N., Shu, S. et al. Genome of Paspalum vaginatum and the role of trehalose mediated autophagy in increasing maize biomass. Nat Commun 13, 7731 (2022). doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35507-8
- Phytozome: Paspalum vaginatum data
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> In our warming world, we’ll need corn, sorghum and other crops to grow well in worse conditions: with more heat, less water and less fertilizer. Grasses do better in these conditions, so plant biologists James Schable, Guangchao Sun and Vladimir Torrres have looked into traits that could transfer from grasses into other crops.
One grass they studied just happened to be the same species that covered World Cup pitches in 2022.
Links from this episode:
- Submit your own proposal to work with the JGI
- Join us at the 2023 JGI User Meeting
- Episode Transcript
- Publication: Sun, G., Wase, N., Shu, S. et al. Genome of Paspalum vaginatum and the role of trehalose mediated autophagy in increasing maize biomass. Nat Commun 13, 7731 (2022). doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35507-8
- Phytozome: Paspalum vaginatum data
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-12999536 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 05:00:00 -0700 1696 4 1 full false Season 4 Trailer (and sneak peek!) Season 4 Trailer (and sneak peek!) On June 8th, Genome Insider is back!
We've got a batch of 4 new episodes where researchers discover the expertise encoded in our environment — in the genomes of plants, fungi, bacteria, archaea, algae, and environmental viruses — to power a more sustainable future.
Stick around for a snippet of the next episode.
Join us at our User Meeting: jointgeno.me/JGI2023
Find out how to become a JGI user here: jointgeno.me/proposals
Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> On June 8th, Genome Insider is back!
We've got a batch of 4 new episodes where researchers discover the expertise encoded in our environment — in the genomes of plants, fungi, bacteria, archaea, algae, and environmental viruses — to power a more sustainable future.
Stick around for a snippet of the next episode.
Join us at our User Meeting: jointgeno.me/JGI2023
Find out how to become a JGI user here: jointgeno.me/proposals
Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-12992342 Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:00:00 -0700 194 4 trailer false JGIota: A Biofuel Breakthrough in Anaerobic Fungi with Michelle O'Malley and Tom Lankiewicz JGIota: A Biofuel Breakthrough in Anaerobic Fungi with Michelle O'Malley and Tom Lankiewicz Michelle O'Malley and Tom Lankiewicz of UC-Santa Barbara discuss the importance of studying anaerobic fungi, as well as a recent discovery that turns scientific presumption on its head and opens up a new avenue to explore for efficient biofuel production.
- Publication: Lankiewicz, T.S., Choudhary, H., Gao, Y. et al. Lignin deconstruction by anaerobic fungi. Nat Microbiol 8, 596–610 (2023). doi: 10.1038/s41564-023-01336-8
- Science Highlight: Busting the Unbreakable Lignin
- JGI Feature: JGI at 25: Following Fungi that Pry Apart Plant Polymers
- JGI Release: Fungal Enzymes Team Up to More Efficiently Break Down Cellulose
- PNNL Release: Biofuel Tech Straight from the Farm ]]> Michelle O'Malley and Tom Lankiewicz of UC-Santa Barbara discuss the importance of studying anaerobic fungi, as well as a recent discovery that turns scientific presumption on its head and opens up a new avenue to explore for efficient biofuel production.
- Publication: Lankiewicz, T.S., Choudhary, H., Gao, Y. et al. Lignin deconstruction by anaerobic fungi. Nat Microbiol 8, 596–610 (2023). doi: 10.1038/s41564-023-01336-8
- Science Highlight: Busting the Unbreakable Lignin
- JGI Feature: JGI at 25: Following Fungi that Pry Apart Plant Polymers
- JGI Release: Fungal Enzymes Team Up to More Efficiently Break Down Cellulose
- PNNL Release: Biofuel Tech Straight from the Farm ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-12552372 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:00:00 -0700 271 3 11 full false JGIota: Sequencing Shiitakes with David Hibbett JGIota: Sequencing Shiitakes with David Hibbett David Hibbett (Clark University) fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he 39 collaborators published a paper tracing how these mushrooms have evolved.
- Episode Transcript
- Publication: Sierra-Patev S et al. A global phylogenomic analysis of the shiitake genus Lentinula. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Mar 7;120(10):e2214076120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2214076120.
- The Lentinula genomes are publicly available on JGI’s MycoCosm data portal
- The JGI website also features a highlight summary of the paper: Tracing the Evolution of Shiitake Mushrooms
This work was supported by the JGI’s Community Science Program. Find out how to become a JGI User here: https://jgi.doe.gov/user-programs/
]]> David Hibbett (Clark University) fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he 39 collaborators published a paper tracing how these mushrooms have evolved.
- Episode Transcript
- Publication: Sierra-Patev S et al. A global phylogenomic analysis of the shiitake genus Lentinula. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Mar 7;120(10):e2214076120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2214076120.
- The Lentinula genomes are publicly available on JGI’s MycoCosm data portal
- The JGI website also features a highlight summary of the paper: Tracing the Evolution of Shiitake Mushrooms
This work was supported by the JGI’s Community Science Program. Find out how to become a JGI User here: https://jgi.doe.gov/user-programs/
]]> Buzzsprout-12357931 Thu, 02 Mar 2023 07:00:00 -0800 340 3 10 full false Work With the JGI! Tips for a Winning CSP Proposal Work With the JGI! Tips for a Winning CSP Proposal The JGI’s Community Science Program gives researchers access to all kinds of sequencing, ‘omics and bioinformatics capabilities — and it’s open to scientists at any career stage, anywhere in the world, for free. We accept new projects related to energy and the environment several times a year. A few proposal calls have deadlines coming up – in January, March, and later on in the spring.
In this episode, hear proposal tips from Tanja Woyke, who runs user programs at the JGI, and project manager Miranda Harmon-Smith, who helps shepherd CSP projects along.
Find more information about proposal calls and capabilities on the JGI website, jgi.doe.gov.
Links from this episode:
- Community Science Program
- Webinars on JGI Product Offerings
- JGI Calls for User Proposals
- Data Release Policy
- Our contact info:
- Contact our Project Management Office with any questions about proposals
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> The JGI’s Community Science Program gives researchers access to all kinds of sequencing, ‘omics and bioinformatics capabilities — and it’s open to scientists at any career stage, anywhere in the world, for free. We accept new projects related to energy and the environment several times a year. A few proposal calls have deadlines coming up – in January, March, and later on in the spring.
In this episode, hear proposal tips from Tanja Woyke, who runs user programs at the JGI, and project manager Miranda Harmon-Smith, who helps shepherd CSP projects along.
Find more information about proposal calls and capabilities on the JGI website, jgi.doe.gov.
Links from this episode:
- Community Science Program
- Webinars on JGI Product Offerings
- JGI Calls for User Proposals
- Data Release Policy
- Our contact info:
- Contact our Project Management Office with any questions about proposals
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-11839921 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 17:00:00 -0800 1819 3 9 full false JGIota: Looking Back at How Cow Rumen Samples Landed on a Syllabus JGIota: Looking Back at How Cow Rumen Samples Landed on a Syllabus Back in 2011, JGI-supported researchers published a paper in the journal Science. They’d used metagenomics to sift for microbial genes encoding carbohydrate-chomping enzymes in cow rumen — and found 27,000 candidates. The data from that study is now used across California State University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource experience. Hear from CSU San Marcos Professor Matt Escobar and UC Davis Associate Professor Matthias Hess, also the chair of the JGI User Executive Committee, on how that study went from the lab to the classroom.
Links from this episode:
- Episode Transcript
- JGI@25 Stories
- Science Highlight: Rumenating on improving biofuel production
- Paper: Metagenomic Discovery of Biomass-Degrading Genes and Genomes from Cow Rumen
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov
Genome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute.
]]> Back in 2011, JGI-supported researchers published a paper in the journal Science. They’d used metagenomics to sift for microbial genes encoding carbohydrate-chomping enzymes in cow rumen — and found 27,000 candidates. The data from that study is now used across California State University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource experience. Hear from CSU San Marcos Professor Matt Escobar and UC Davis Associate Professor Matthias Hess, also the chair of the JGI User Executive Committee, on how that study went from the lab to the classroom.
Links from this episode:
- Episode Transcript
- JGI@25 Stories
- Science Highlight: Rumenating on improving biofuel production
- Paper: Metagenomic Discovery of Biomass-Degrading Genes and Genomes from Cow Rumen
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov
Genome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute.
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-11714715 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 09:00:00 -0800 495 3 8 full false From Sample Shipments to Sequences – A Tour of the JGI’s Sequencing Pipeline From Sample Shipments to Sequences – A Tour of the JGI’s Sequencing Pipeline Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing lab. So today, Chris Daum walks through the JGI’s sequencing pipeline, where there are freezers with names — but not doors — and robots handle a bunch of benchwork.
Links from this episode:
- Episode Transcript
- Submit a proposal to work with the JGI
- Virtual tour of the Joint Genome Institute
- Webinar: Long-read sequencing for metagenomics and DNA modification detection
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov
Genome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute.
Sound Effects Credits: George Hopkins “Mechanical keyboard typing”
]]> Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing lab. So today, Chris Daum walks through the JGI’s sequencing pipeline, where there are freezers with names — but not doors — and robots handle a bunch of benchwork.
Links from this episode:
- Episode Transcript
- Submit a proposal to work with the JGI
- Virtual tour of the Joint Genome Institute
- Webinar: Long-read sequencing for metagenomics and DNA modification detection
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov
Genome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute.
Sound Effects Credits: George Hopkins “Mechanical keyboard typing”
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-11618974 Thu, 03 Nov 2022 04:00:00 -0700 1138 3 7 full false JGIota: Looking Back at Methane-Making Microbes JGIota: Looking Back at Methane-Making Microbes We count on livestock for food and fiber, but raising these animals also produces an atmosphere-warming gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported researchers studying those microbial methane-makers. Eventually, that could help us dial back their emissions, while still producing things like meat, milk, and wool. Hear more from JGI collaborators Sinead Leahy (New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre) and Bill Kelly (AgResearch).
Links from this episode:
- Episode Transcript
- JGI@25 Stories
- The JGI’s IMG/M data portal
- News Release: A Reference Catalog for the Rumen Microbiome
- Video: More on the AgResearch DNA sequencing of rumen microbes
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov
Genome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute.
]]> We count on livestock for food and fiber, but raising these animals also produces an atmosphere-warming gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported researchers studying those microbial methane-makers. Eventually, that could help us dial back their emissions, while still producing things like meat, milk, and wool. Hear more from JGI collaborators Sinead Leahy (New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre) and Bill Kelly (AgResearch).
Links from this episode:
- Episode Transcript
- JGI@25 Stories
- The JGI’s IMG/M data portal
- News Release: A Reference Catalog for the Rumen Microbiome
- Video: More on the AgResearch DNA sequencing of rumen microbes
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov
Genome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute.
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-11451656 Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:00:00 -0700 423 3 6 full false The Fungi That Survive In Antarctica The Fungi That Survive In Antarctica Black fungi are microscopic and mighty. They survive everywhere from Antarctica to Joshua Tree National Park, despite extremely harsh conditions. And their survival secrets could one day help other organisms survive hotter, drier climates. So University of Tuscia researchers Laura Selbmann and Claudia Coleine are working with scientists from around the world – and the JGI – to understand them better.
Links from this episode:
- Episode Transcript
- How Black Fungi Adapt to Extremes
- Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes
- Submit a proposal to work with the JGI
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov
Genome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute.
Some audio in the opening scene comes from an expedition Laura took to Antarctica. Laura.Selbmann©PNRA
All the sampling activities in Antarctica have been performed in the frame of italian expeditions of the Italian National Program for Antarctic Researches (PNRA), funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research; all specimens collected and fungi isolated are preserved in the Culture Collection of Fungi from Extreme Environment, the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA-CCFEE)
]]> Black fungi are microscopic and mighty. They survive everywhere from Antarctica to Joshua Tree National Park, despite extremely harsh conditions. And their survival secrets could one day help other organisms survive hotter, drier climates. So University of Tuscia researchers Laura Selbmann and Claudia Coleine are working with scientists from around the world – and the JGI – to understand them better.
Links from this episode:
- Episode Transcript
- How Black Fungi Adapt to Extremes
- Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes
- Submit a proposal to work with the JGI
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov
Genome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute.
Some audio in the opening scene comes from an expedition Laura took to Antarctica. Laura.Selbmann©PNRA
All the sampling activities in Antarctica have been performed in the frame of italian expeditions of the Italian National Program for Antarctic Researches (PNRA), funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research; all specimens collected and fungi isolated are preserved in the Culture Collection of Fungi from Extreme Environment, the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA-CCFEE)
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-11363298 Thu, 22 Sep 2022 04:00:00 -0700 1087 3 5 full false JGIota: Looking Back at Sequencing for Soybeans JGIota: Looking Back at Sequencing for Soybeans The soybean is a crop that could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. So in 2010, the JGI helped publish the original genome sequence for the soybean, Glycine max. With a full genome sequence, researchers have been able to look into soybean’s strengths – along with a fungus that threatens this important crop. Hear more about that work from researchers Gary Stacey (University of Missouri), Peter van Esse (The Sainsbury Laboratory) and Sebastien Duplessis (INRAE).
Links from this episode:
- Episode Transcript
- JGI@25 Stories
- The original Glycine max sequence: Nature
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov
Genome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute.
]]> The soybean is a crop that could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. So in 2010, the JGI helped publish the original genome sequence for the soybean, Glycine max. With a full genome sequence, researchers have been able to look into soybean’s strengths – along with a fungus that threatens this important crop. Hear more about that work from researchers Gary Stacey (University of Missouri), Peter van Esse (The Sainsbury Laboratory) and Sebastien Duplessis (INRAE).
Links from this episode:
- Episode Transcript
- JGI@25 Stories
- The original Glycine max sequence: Nature
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov
Genome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute.
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-11321331 Thu, 15 Sep 2022 04:00:00 -0700 372 3 4 full false Better Crops With a Pointillist Approach to Plant Genomics Better Crops With a Pointillist Approach to Plant Genomics In this episode, we peer into plant cells. Researchers are using measurements from single cells to understand which genes help plants grow, get nutrients, weather drought, and more. And eventually, their findings could help us grow better crops, with less impact on our planet.
Links from this episode:
Monet’s Waterloo Bridge at Sunset (1904)
Serat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (1884)
Submit a proposal to work with the JGI: https://jointgeno.me/proposals
Margot’s 2021 Berkeley Lab SLAM talk
The JGI’s Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions group
Plant Single-cell Solutions for Energy and the Environment (Workshop report)
JGI Blog: A Plant Root Atlas for Tracking Developmental Trajectories
Ben Cole’s DOE Early Career Award
Genome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute.
This episode uses two pieces of music from Free Music Archive:
Sad French Accordion by Dana Boulé (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49 No. 2 - I. Allegro ma non troppo by Daniel Veesey (Public Domain)
]]> In this episode, we peer into plant cells. Researchers are using measurements from single cells to understand which genes help plants grow, get nutrients, weather drought, and more. And eventually, their findings could help us grow better crops, with less impact on our planet.
Links from this episode:
Monet’s Waterloo Bridge at Sunset (1904)
Serat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (1884)
Submit a proposal to work with the JGI: https://jointgeno.me/proposals
Margot’s 2021 Berkeley Lab SLAM talk
The JGI’s Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions group
Plant Single-cell Solutions for Energy and the Environment (Workshop report)
JGI Blog: A Plant Root Atlas for Tracking Developmental Trajectories
Ben Cole’s DOE Early Career Award
Genome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute.
This episode uses two pieces of music from Free Music Archive:
Sad French Accordion by Dana Boulé (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49 No. 2 - I. Allegro ma non troppo by Daniel Veesey (Public Domain)
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-11197636 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0700 1130 3 3 full false JGIota: The Algae Nicknamed ‘Chlamy’ JGIota: The Algae Nicknamed ‘Chlamy’ This shorter episode is about a tiny, single-celled alga – Chlamydomonas reinhardtii – that’s managed to have a big impact. UC Berkeley plant biologist Sabeeha Merchant explains why she works on this alga, how researchers managed to sequence its genome, and what it has to teach us about other organisms – like plants.
Links from this episode
- Episode Transcript
- JGI@25: The Little Alga That Could
- Chlamydomonas reinhardtii on Phytozome and PhycoCosm
- JGI Blog Post: Green Algae Reveal One mRNA Encodes Many Proteins
- JGI News Release: Green Alga Genome Project Catalogs Carbon Capture Machinery and Reveals Identity as Ancient Cousin of Land Plants and Animals
- The original sequence: Science
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov
Genome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute.
]]> This shorter episode is about a tiny, single-celled alga – Chlamydomonas reinhardtii – that’s managed to have a big impact. UC Berkeley plant biologist Sabeeha Merchant explains why she works on this alga, how researchers managed to sequence its genome, and what it has to teach us about other organisms – like plants.
Links from this episode
- Episode Transcript
- JGI@25: The Little Alga That Could
- Chlamydomonas reinhardtii on Phytozome and PhycoCosm
- JGI Blog Post: Green Algae Reveal One mRNA Encodes Many Proteins
- JGI News Release: Green Alga Genome Project Catalogs Carbon Capture Machinery and Reveals Identity as Ancient Cousin of Land Plants and Animals
- The original sequence: Science
- Our contact info:
- Twitter: @JGI
- Email: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov
Genome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute.
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-11110992 Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0700 365 3 2 full false Chomping Toward Better Plastic Recycling Chomping Toward Better Plastic Recycling We know all kinds of things about plastic – except, how to break it down for recycling. But some hungry insects can digest plastic. So researchers are taking a look at how these critters process plastic, to improve plastic recycling by following their lead.
Links from this episode:
Sequencing the Amazonian Stinkbird’s Microbiome
Acronym Action: EPICON project
Submit a proposal to work with the JGI!
Find out more about the FICUS program between JGI and EMSL
Genome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute.
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"Splash, Small, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org
“Water movements big splashes and waves” by KyleS of Freesound.org
“Fishing-rod” by KirstenBrooks3232 of Freesound.org
“By a Pond Ambience” by Cueckermann of Freesound.org
“Splash, edited” by MRicken1 of Freesound.org
“Fishing Rod Whip” by TyroneW of Freesound.org
]]> We know all kinds of things about plastic – except, how to break it down for recycling. But some hungry insects can digest plastic. So researchers are taking a look at how these critters process plastic, to improve plastic recycling by following their lead.
Links from this episode:
Sequencing the Amazonian Stinkbird’s Microbiome
Acronym Action: EPICON project
Submit a proposal to work with the JGI!
Find out more about the FICUS program between JGI and EMSL
Genome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute.
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Sound Effects Credits:
"Splash, Small, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org
“Water movements big splashes and waves” by KyleS of Freesound.org
“Fishing-rod” by KirstenBrooks3232 of Freesound.org
“By a Pond Ambience” by Cueckermann of Freesound.org
“Splash, edited” by MRicken1 of Freesound.org
“Fishing Rod Whip” by TyroneW of Freesound.org
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-10967879 Thu, 28 Jul 2022 09:00:00 -0700 1270 3 1 full false Filling in the Plant Tree of Life Filling in the Plant Tree of Life What if we understood plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to drive more productive food, medicine, and bioenergy crops. But most available genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-episode-10-filling-in-the-plant-tree-of-life/.
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What if we understood plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to drive more productive food, medicine, and bioenergy crops. But most available genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-episode-10-filling-in-the-plant-tree-of-life/.
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JGI Buzzsprout-9804357 Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:00:00 -0800 1362 plants, genomes, biology, tree of life, evolution, ecosystems, diversity, genetics, adaptations, data, DNA, bioenergy, food, medicine, wood, chemicals, environment, team science, logistics, cacao, C-fern, fern, Arabidopsis, moss, scientists 2 10 full false Creating an Energy Market for Miscanthus Creating an Energy Market for Miscanthus What grass is a prized ornamental and a bioenergy plant? Meet Miscanthus, an attractive addition to your garden and a potential fuel for the future. But, to be competitive in the market, both energy policy and Miscanthus will need some upgrades. In this episode, hear from scientists working on understanding Miscanthus biology and the economic terrain to help make the plant a viable alternative to fossil fuels. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-episode-9-creating-an-energy-market-for-miscanthus/.\]\]> What grass is a prized ornamental and a bioenergy plant? Meet Miscanthus, an attractive addition to your garden and a potential fuel for the future. But, to be competitive in the market, both energy policy and Miscanthus will need some upgrades. In this episode, hear from scientists working on understanding Miscanthus biology and the economic terrain to help make the plant a viable alternative to fossil fuels. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-episode-9-creating-an-energy-market-for-miscanthus/.\]\]> JGI Buzzsprout-9486651 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 09:00:00 -0800 1343 bioenergy, policy, economics, history, farmers, biology, carbon, climate change, chemicals, biology, plants, traits, breeding, CRISPR, genetics, team science, research, genome, ornamental, garden, marketing, incentives, Renewable Fuel Standard 2 9 full false Dispatches From JGI Interns Dispatches From JGI Interns Every summer, the JGI invites undergraduate and graduate students from the University of California, Merced to participate in the flagship JGI-UC Merced Internship Program and engage in real, impactful research projects with JGI mentors. In this episode, hear two interns from the 2021 cohort describe their deep dives into genomics, computational tools, and big data. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-episode-8-uc-merced-intern-dispatches/.\]\]> Every summer, the JGI invites undergraduate and graduate students from the University of California, Merced to participate in the flagship JGI-UC Merced Internship Program and engage in real, impactful research projects with JGI mentors. In this episode, hear two interns from the 2021 cohort describe their deep dives into genomics, computational tools, and big data. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-episode-8-uc-merced-intern-dispatches/.\]\]> JGI Buzzsprout-9389302 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:00:00 -0700 1410 Biology, genomics, genomes, internship, mentors, national lab, viruses, RNA, DNA, protein, photosynthesis, models, graphs, networks, genome comparison, data visualization, bioinformatics, coding, diversity, big data, terabyte 2 8 full false THE Bioenergy Tree THE Bioenergy Tree The US Department of Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re the fastest growing trees in the Northern Hemisphere, making them tantalizing plants to harness for bioenergy. In this episode, hear from Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists who have uncovered remarkable genetic secrets that bring us closer to making poplar an economical and sustainable source of energy and materials. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-ep-7-the-bioenergy-tree/.\]\]> The US Department of Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re the fastest growing trees in the Northern Hemisphere, making them tantalizing plants to harness for bioenergy. In this episode, hear from Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists who have uncovered remarkable genetic secrets that bring us closer to making poplar an economical and sustainable source of energy and materials. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-ep-7-the-bioenergy-tree/.\]\]> JGI Buzzsprout-9190596 Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:00:00 -0700 1509 Bioenergy, biology, bioeconomy, biofuel, bioproducts, biomass, plants, carbon sequestration, climate change, genome sequencing, poplar, fungus, genes, breeding, lignin, shipping, aviation, solution 2 7 full false Back to the Future! A Sorghum Story Back to the Future! A Sorghum Story You might know sorghum as an edible grain. But there are some sorghum varieties, grown on marginal land with little water, which were developed specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play a big role in our energy future.
Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-ep-6-back-to-the-future-a-sorghum-story.
]]> You might know sorghum as an edible grain. But there are some sorghum varieties, grown on marginal land with little water, which were developed specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play a big role in our energy future.
Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-ep-6-back-to-the-future-a-sorghum-story.
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-9000013 Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:00:00 -0700 1343 Bioenergy, biology, bioeconomy, sorghum, biofuel, bioproducts, plants, carbon, sequestration, climate change, drought, genome, sequencing, economic development, greenhouse gas emissions, biorefineries 2 6 full false A Powerful Technique to Study Microbes, Now Easier A Powerful Technique to Study Microbes, Now Easier Lawrence Livermore National Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots have made these experiments easier for scientists everywhere.
Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-ep5-a-powerful-technique-to-study-microbes-now-easier
]]> Lawrence Livermore National Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots have made these experiments easier for scientists everywhere.
Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-ep5-a-powerful-technique-to-study-microbes-now-easier
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-8662805 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 08:00:00 -0700 554 Soil, plants, roots, microbes, DNA, genomics, isotopes, stable isotope probing, experiments, molecular biology, biology, microbiology, ecology, automation, robots, science, research 2 5 full false Party in the Rhizosphere Party in the Rhizosphere There’s a party in the soil, and microbes are the VIPs. They’re feasting on the compounds that plants secrete through their roots, creating a lively zone called the rhizosphere. In this episode, biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has your backstage pass.
Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2ep4-party-in-the-rhizosphere
]]> There’s a party in the soil, and microbes are the VIPs. They’re feasting on the compounds that plants secrete through their roots, creating a lively zone called the rhizosphere. In this episode, biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has your backstage pass.
Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2ep4-party-in-the-rhizosphere
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-8522616 Tue, 18 May 2021 09:00:00 -0700 1551 Soil, plants, roots, microbes, carbon cycling, rhizosphere, fungi, bacteria, archaea, viruses, DNA, genomics, isotopes, stable isotope probing, biology, microbiology, ecology, guilds, science, research 2 4 full false Better Living Through Bioenergy Better Living Through Bioenergy Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to fossil fuels. In this episode, we get a peek into how scientists Aindrila Mukhopadhyay and Steve Singer are harnessing the versatile bacterium Pseudomonas putida to break down biomass and help bring about a more sustainable, bio-based economy. They conduct research at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers.
Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2ep3-better-living-through-bioenergy/
]]> Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to fossil fuels. In this episode, we get a peek into how scientists Aindrila Mukhopadhyay and Steve Singer are harnessing the versatile bacterium Pseudomonas putida to break down biomass and help bring about a more sustainable, bio-based economy. They conduct research at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers.
Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2ep3-better-living-through-bioenergy/
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-8322153 Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:00:00 -0700 1700 Bioenergy, biofuel, bioproducts, DNA synthesis, synthetic biology, genetic engineering, metabolic engineering, biology, sustainability, bioeconomy, fossil fuels, climate change, climate refugees, functional genomics, CRISPR, bacteria, microbes 2 3 full false Cracking the Secrets of the Diatom’s Shell Cracking the Secrets of the Diatom’s Shell Diatoms, a group of tiny algae, are also known as “living opals” because of the strange, beautiful properties of their silica shells. But what genes are responsible for such mesmerizing exteriors? Setsuko Wakao and Kris Niyogi, biologists at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, aim to find out.
Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2ep2-cracking-the-secrets-of-the-diatoms-shell/.
]]> Diatoms, a group of tiny algae, are also known as “living opals” because of the strange, beautiful properties of their silica shells. But what genes are responsible for such mesmerizing exteriors? Setsuko Wakao and Kris Niyogi, biologists at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, aim to find out.
Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2ep2-cracking-the-secrets-of-the-diatoms-shell/.
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-8076824 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -0800 1050 Diatoms, photosynthesis, silica, shell, cell wall, biomaterials, nanoscale, opal, carbon cycle, carbon sequestration, CRISPR, RNA, synurophytes, algae, genes, genome, genetics, biomineralization 2 2 full false Exploring the Diversity of the American Prairie’s Switchgrass Exploring the Diversity of the American Prairie’s Switchgrass A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, as a species, encompasses dizzying diversity. So, a team of scientists made an ambitious plan to link the plant’s diverse traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, etc. — to its genes. The undertaking took shovels, trucks — and more than a decade.
With the results just published in the journal Nature, listen to the episode for a romp through their switchgrass story. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2ep1-exploring-diversity-of-american-prairie-switchgrass/.
]]> A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, as a species, encompasses dizzying diversity. So, a team of scientists made an ambitious plan to link the plant’s diverse traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, etc. — to its genes. The undertaking took shovels, trucks — and more than a decade.
With the results just published in the journal Nature, listen to the episode for a romp through their switchgrass story. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2ep1-exploring-diversity-of-american-prairie-switchgrass/.
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-7662985 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:00:00 -0800 1114 Biofuel, switchgrass, prairie, genome, genomics, genes, adaptations, research, sequencing, plants, drought, evolution, gardens, bison, grazing, bioenergy, diversity, variety, traits, drought, winter, plant breeding, biomass, yield 2 1 full false The Soil Blooms Green The Soil Blooms Green Every fall, a mysterious green growth appears on farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might be quietly improving the soil. Penn State researchers Mary Ann Bruns and Terry Bell are digging in to understand how. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, here.
We hope you enjoy this last episode of Season 1! Stay tuned for Season 2, coming in 2021.
]]> Every fall, a mysterious green growth appears on farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might be quietly improving the soil. Penn State researchers Mary Ann Bruns and Terry Bell are digging in to understand how. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, here.
We hope you enjoy this last episode of Season 1! Stay tuned for Season 2, coming in 2021.
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-6327955 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 09:00:00 -0800 990 Cyanobacteria, soil, biofilm, ecosystem, pollution, agriculture, organic, fertilizer, microbial additives, microbes, synthetic, natural, Department of Energy, farming, sustainable, US Department of Agriculture, nitrogen fixation, photosynthesis, corn maze 1 9 full false A Plantiful Future: Xiaohan Yang A Plantiful Future: Xiaohan Yang Can plants help humans attain a renewable energy future? Can they help lock away more carbon? Xiaohan Yang, a scientist at Oakridge National Laboratory, believes they can. And, what’s more, that using gene editing technology to conscientiously mix traits of different plant species will help us get there. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, here.]]> Can plants help humans attain a renewable energy future? Can they help lock away more carbon? Xiaohan Yang, a scientist at Oakridge National Laboratory, believes they can. And, what’s more, that using gene editing technology to conscientiously mix traits of different plant species will help us get there. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, here.]]> JGI Buzzsprout-5821192 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 10:00:00 -0700 1216 Plants, future, biology, gene editing, genetic engineering, CRISPR, biotechnology, synthetic biology, applied science, Department of Energy, renewable energy, biofuel, carbon, photosynthesis, genome, ecosystem, artificial intelligence, AI, technology 1 8 full false Decoding Yellowstone’s Microbial Mats Decoding Yellowstone’s Microbial Mats Life as we know it wouldn’t exist without cyanobacteria; they began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, communally, in microbial mats. Along the way, they’ve encountered surprises, adopted new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the microbial mat denizens.
Find more info on the episode, including the transcript, here: https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-episode-7-decoding-yellowstone-microbial-mats/
]]> Life as we know it wouldn’t exist without cyanobacteria; they began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, communally, in microbial mats. Along the way, they’ve encountered surprises, adopted new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the microbial mat denizens.
Find more info on the episode, including the transcript, here: https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-episode-7-decoding-yellowstone-microbial-mats/
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-5282946 Wed, 09 Sep 2020 11:00:00 -0700 1739 Cyanobacteria, microbial mat, field science, Yellowstone National Park, YNP, National Parks, women in science, Wyoming, virus, CRISPR, lysozyme, database, KBase, computer science, hot springs, extremophiles, sharing data, microbes, microbiome, metagenome 1 7 full false How Microbes Can Protect Plants in Drier Straits How Microbes Can Protect Plants in Drier Straits A mini-episode: JGI collaborator Pankaj Trivedi is harnessing microbiome science to make plants more resilient to drought. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript here: jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-mini-episode-6-how-microbes-can-protect-plants-in-drier-straits/]]> A mini-episode: JGI collaborator Pankaj Trivedi is harnessing microbiome science to make plants more resilient to drought. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript here: jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-mini-episode-6-how-microbes-can-protect-plants-in-drier-straits/]]> JGI Buzzsprout-4889882 Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:00:00 -0700 365 Plant, microbes, microbiome, genomics, environment, ecology, ecosystem, earth, climate change, drought, bacteria, agriculture, science, biofilm, boreal forest 1 6 full false Corals in Hot Water Get Help From Their Microbes Corals in Hot Water Get Help From Their Microbes As waters warm due to climate change, corals are in mortal peril. But corals comprise multiple organisms: a coral host, a photosynthetic microalgae, and a little-characterized microbiome. When warm waters stress corals but before they bleach, a coral’s microbes, including its photosynthetic partner, may be what helps them take the heat. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, here.]]> As waters warm due to climate change, corals are in mortal peril. But corals comprise multiple organisms: a coral host, a photosynthetic microalgae, and a little-characterized microbiome. When warm waters stress corals but before they bleach, a coral’s microbes, including its photosynthetic partner, may be what helps them take the heat. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, here.]]> JGI Buzzsprout-4540826 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:00:00 -0700 1252 Coral, reef, host, bleaching, photosynthesis, microalgae, dinoflagellate, bacteria, genomes, biology, genes, ocean, microbiome, climate change, holobiont, women in science, Mexico, Caribbean 1 5 full false The Big Deal About Short Plants The Big Deal About Short Plants Despite their diminutive stature, “short plants” such as mosses could be uniquely powerful in helping scientists link plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — has an unexpected hurdle: ginormous sex chromosomes. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, here.]]> Despite their diminutive stature, “short plants” such as mosses could be uniquely powerful in helping scientists link plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — has an unexpected hurdle: ginormous sex chromosomes. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, here.]]> JGI Buzzsprout-4097579 Tue, 09 Jun 2020 11:00:00 -0700 1263 Plant, moss, bioenergy, biofuel, energy, genetics, evolution, DNA sequencing, science, fire moss, podcast, environment 1 4 full false River microbiomes from around the world: Kelly Wrighton River microbiomes from around the world: Kelly Wrighton Kelly Wrighton and her group at Colorado State University in Fort Collins have a massive undertaking: sequencing the world’s river microbiomes. And they’re using team science to do it. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript here. ]]> Kelly Wrighton and her group at Colorado State University in Fort Collins have a massive undertaking: sequencing the world’s river microbiomes. And they’re using team science to do it. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript here. ]]> JGI Buzzsprout-3722765 Tue, 12 May 2020 02:00:00 -0700 1433 microbes, microbiome, rivers, genomics, environment, earth, climate change, methane, microorganisms, bacteria, ecology, podcast, ecosystem, carbon cycle, citizen science, women in science 1 3 full false Thawing permafrost, microbes, and viruses: Gary Trubl — Part 2 Thawing permafrost, microbes, and viruses: Gary Trubl — Part 2 Gary Trubl, virologist and postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has more to share about bacteria-infecting viruses in the arctic. He’s researching how viruses influence the flow of carbon in thawing peatlands — and bioinformatics and isotopes are crucial to the quest. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript here.]]> Gary Trubl, virologist and postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has more to share about bacteria-infecting viruses in the arctic. He’s researching how viruses influence the flow of carbon in thawing peatlands — and bioinformatics and isotopes are crucial to the quest. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript here.]]> JGI Buzzsprout-3108691 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 02:00:00 -0700 945 viruses, genomics, environment, earth, climate change, permafrost, arctic, microbiome, microorganisms, bacteria, phage, ecology, podcast, ecosystem, bioinformatics, isotopes, carbon cycle 1 2 full false Thawing permafrost, microbes, and viruses: Gary Trubl — Part 1 Thawing permafrost, microbes, and viruses: Gary Trubl — Part 1 Gary Trubl, virologist and postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has more to share about bacteria-infecting viruses in the arctic. He’s researching how viruses influence the flow of carbon in thawing peatlands — and bioinformatics and isotopes are crucial to the quest. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript here.]]> Gary Trubl, virologist and postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has more to share about bacteria-infecting viruses in the arctic. He’s researching how viruses influence the flow of carbon in thawing peatlands — and bioinformatics and isotopes are crucial to the quest. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript here.]]> JGI Buzzsprout-2562388 Tue, 10 Mar 2020 02:00:00 -0700 804 viruses, genomics, environment, earth, climate change, permafrost, arctic, microbiome, microorganisms, bacteria, phage, ecology, podcast, ecosystem 1 1 full false Teaser: Ed Hall Teaser: Ed Hall Alison Takemura tells you about the podcast, and Ed Hall, microbiologist at Colorado State University, talks about how this is a unique time in human history.
Genome Insider is brought to you by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.
]]> Alison Takemura tells you about the podcast, and Ed Hall, microbiologist at Colorado State University, talks about how this is a unique time in human history.
Genome Insider is brought to you by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-2807500 Sat, 07 Mar 2020 05:00:00 -0800 62 1 bonus false Teaser: Monica Medina Teaser: Monica Medina Alison Takemura tells you about the podcast, and Monica Medina, coral biologist at Penn State, talks about going from tiny critters to magnificent coral reefs.
Genome Insider is brought to you by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.
]]> Alison Takemura tells you about the podcast, and Monica Medina, coral biologist at Penn State, talks about going from tiny critters to magnificent coral reefs.
Genome Insider is brought to you by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-2807491 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 05:00:00 -0800 78 1 bonus false Teaser: Kelly Wrighton Teaser: Kelly Wrighton Alison Takemura tells you about the podcast, and Kelly Wrighton, microbiologist at Colorado State University, talks about filters full of microbes.
Genome Insider is brought to you by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.
]]> Alison Takemura tells you about the podcast, and Kelly Wrighton, microbiologist at Colorado State University, talks about filters full of microbes.
Genome Insider is brought to you by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-2807488 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 15:00:00 -0800 55 1 bonus false Teaser: Gary Trubl Teaser: Gary Trubl Alison Takemura tells you about the podcast, and Gary Trubl, virologist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, weighs in on what a peatland sounds like.
Genome Insider is brought to you by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.
]]> Alison Takemura tells you about the podcast, and Gary Trubl, virologist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, weighs in on what a peatland sounds like.
Genome Insider is brought to you by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.
]]> JGI Buzzsprout-2807482 Sat, 22 Feb 2020 13:00:00 -0800 61 1 bonus false