Joint Genome Institute

🚨Deadline TOMORROW(3/6)🚨: Gain access to resources from multiple user facilities under the umbrella of one project by submitting a Letter of Intent for the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) call. You can learn more about the FICUS call, and find a selection of webinars, here: https://lnkd.in/gp_esBbn You can also find examples of successfully accepted LOIs at the bottom of our Proposals FAQ page: https://lnkd.in/giy5A4eN Nigel Mouncey Tanja Woyke Axel Visel Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab

Congratulations and good luck to the JGI's Yumary Vasquez, part of our Single Cell Research Group, who will be competing in the National Lab SLAM in Washington D.C. tomorrow, March 5. You can livestream the event here: https://lnkd.in/gnf_gBxV. Yumary will speak about "going viral" in a BIG way — specifically how infections from giant viruses can impact our water, air, soil, even the gut microbiome! To qualify, she previously placed first in the Berkeley Lab SLAM, and second place at the Bay Area SLAM. Learn more about Yumary via the Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab: jointgeno.me/SLAM_Yumary Tanja Woyke Nigel Mouncey Axel Visel

Are you an experimental biologist or budding computational biologist? Register by April 7 to join us for a five-day workshop on data and workflows for the JGI's Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) web-based platform. IMG/M provides access to the wealth of public microbiome sequence data and enables users to analyze these data with existing bioinformatic methods — bridging the gap from sequence to biology. WHAT: MGM Workshop WHEN: 4/28–5/2 WHERE: The IGB at Berkeley Lab INFO: mgm.jgi.doe.gov The Society for Science at User Research Facilities Nikos Kyrpides Rekha S.

In Nature Reviews Microbiology from Enzo Dinglasan, Hiroshi Otani, Drew Doering, Daniel Udwary and Nigel Mouncey: a review article on advances in tools and workflows leading to rapid microbial secondary metabolite discovery, and how this "renaissance of secondary metabolite research and development is catalysing toolbox development to power the bioeconomy." Read at https://rdcu.be/d6FB1 cc: Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab, Berkeley Lab, The Society for Science at User Research Facilities

In Science Advances: Using publicly available genome sequence data generated over the past three decades, a study from Dongying Wu, Rekha S., Nikos Kyrpides and Natalia Ivanova assesses what fraction of the microbial diversity we know about, and proposes a path forward to curate and cultivate what is still unknown. “We took a deep dive into over 1.8 million bacterial and archaeal genomes to see how much of their diversity we've actually captured. Turns out that despite all the genomes we've sequenced, we've only scratched the surface.” -Dongying Wu cc: Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab, Berkeley Lab, The Society for Science at User Research Facilities

In Nature Magazine this week, a team led by Mikayla Borton and Kelly Wrighton at Colorado State University cataloged the microbiome of rivers covering 90% of the watersheds in the continental U.S. "A project of this scale really demonstrates the power of open, distributed science to address big questions about how microbes impact ecosystem processes.” -Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh, JGI Metagenome Program head and National Microbiome Data Collaborative lead PI. The work was partly enabled through the JGI's Community Science Program. The published dataset is available on the Genome Resolved Open Watershed database (GROWdb), NMDC and through the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase). cc: Berkeley Lab, Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab, The Society for Science at User Research Facilities, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science

🚨The deadline for our next Functional Genomics call is Jan. 30, 2025.🚨 More at https://lnkd.in/eWyWJ4WN Below, hear from JGI user Tae Seok Moon of the J. Craig Venter Institute on his experiences working with the JGI's DNA Synthesis Program. Proposals for our Functional Genomics call should focus on projects that translate genomic information into biological function, and leverage our DNA synthesis & omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function — particularly those not readily achievable without the capabilities and expertise available at the JGI. CC: Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab The Society for Science at User Research Facilities Tanja Woyke Nigel Mouncey Axel Visel

#BioEGSB's Trent Northen is leading the conversation to develop community standards for researching synthetic communities (#SynComs) in plant–microbiota. Synthetic communities are increasingly being used, yet, the lack of community standards limits the efficiency and progress in this important area of research. Joint Genome Institute Berkeley Lab Read the Nature Microbiology paper here: https://lnkd.in/gdccgmbW

In 2024, the DOE Joint Genome Institute and Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University piloted an internship program enabled by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) RENEW initiative — which provides the next-generation workforce with hands-on learning opportunities and mentorship at DOE national laboratories and user facilities. This brought A&M students to the JGI to work on groundbreaking science. Undergraduate student Ti'Yanna Watson and graduate student LaMonika Dent worked with JGI mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel on researching the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome.  Students also participated in workshops, hackathons and networking events. Learn more about their experiences: https://lnkd.in/eAPfiviZ U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science The Society for Science at User Research Facilities Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab

Planning to attend the upcoming #2024NDiSTEM conference in Phoenix? Don't miss the Nov. 2 "Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size" panel discussion we're organizing with the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase). Panelists include Ellen G Dow, PhD, Stephen Mondo, TBK Reddy, Ph.D and Rhondene Wint, PhD. https://lnkd.in/gw2vdadz, Nov 02, 2024 #professionaldevelopment