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In the latest episode of Genome Insider, @simrouxvirus.bsky.social talks about his work on mobile genetic elements — and a recent study that was the subject of the July cover for @natmicrobiol.nature.com Find the full episode here: jgi.doe.gov/user-science/podcasts/mobilome-mire @biosci.lbl.gov
From our FY26 joint CMM call: Dawn Chiniquy is using high-throughput bacterial genetics & targeted genome engineering to study how plant-associated bacteria capture and tolerate rare earth elements, aiding recovery strategies. @berkeleylab.lbl.gov Full portfolio: https://jointgeno.me/CMMFY26
Interested in working with the JGI and never led a proposal with us? Now is your chance! We are accepting submissions to our New Investigator call for first-time PIs. Deadline to submit is Sept. 9. jointgeno.me/CSPnewPI @berkeleylab.lbl.gov @biosci.lbl.gov
CSP New Investigator Call | Joint Genome Institute
The CSP New Investigator Call is for investigators and research initiatives new to the JGI. Projects must be independent of ongoing JGI proposals, and lead PIs cannot have been lead PI on any previous...
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We are excited to see so many familiar faces among the recipients of the @jgi.doe.gov - @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov Critical Minerals & Materials call. We are looking forward to writing about all of your great discoveries! @berkeleylab.lbl.gov
Joint Genome Institute@jgi.doe.gov · 4w agoCongrats to the 20 recipients of our first Critical Minerals & Materials call, in partnership with @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov! These projects integrate genomics with nanoscale science, aimed at developing transformative bio-based technologies involving critical minerals and materials.
From our FY26 Functional Genomics call: Seagrass meadows shelter marine life and stabilize coasts, but seed survival is threatened by Phytophthora. Hanin Alzubaidy uses EcoFABs and multi-omics to reveal how seed bacteria suppress disease. Full portfolio: https://jointgeno.me/FGFY26
Session proposals are now open for ASM Microbe 2027 ! asm.org/events/asm-m... If there is a specific topic or speaker you would like to see in Chicago, this is your chance (until Aug 12) ! This is for Micro Symposia and Hub Sessions, but my DMs are open if you have ideas for bigger AEM sessions
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ASM Microbe showcases the best microbial sciences in the world and provides a one-of-a-kind forum to explore everything from basic microbiology to translation and application.
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Happy National Intern Day to our amazing 2026 interns! We aim to inspire the pursuit of STEM careers through hands-on learning opportunities at the JGI. Learn more about our workforce development efforts: jgi.doe.gov/work-with-us/educational-partnerships @berkeleylab.lbl.gov @biosci.lbl.gov
The JGI is involved in efforts to integrate data to support new research questions that span domains. We also work with partners to build infrastructure in support of new analysis techniques. Learn more about our portals and data ecosystem: jointgeno.me/Data
From our FY26 joint CMM call: From our FY26 joint CMM call: Romy Chakraborty will study how plants and synthetic bacteria mobilize and absorb critical minerals, defining the microbiome’s role in solubility and accumulation. @berkeleylab.lbl.gov Full portfolio: https://jointgeno.me/CMMFY26
Using new tools and large-scale data mining, JGI researchers nearly tripled fungal mitochondrial genome data, unlocking potential for AI-driven energy metabolism studies. 🖥️ 🧬 🍄 More: https://jgi.doe.gov/user-science/science-stories/mining-public-databases-yields-largest-map-fungal-mitochondrial
Mining Public Databases Yields Largest Map of Fungal Mitochondrial Genomes to Date | Joint Genome Institute
By leveraging new tools and large-scale data mining, JGI researchers nearly tripled the available fungal mitochondrial genome data, unlocking new potential for AI-driven studies of energy metabolism.
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#Viruses A 20-year metagenomic time series unveils evolutionary dynamics of giant viruses in a freshwater ecosystem @jgi.doe.gov #metagenomics #microbiology
Vicennial metagenomic time series unveils evolutionary dynamics of giant viruses in a freshwater ecosystem - Nature Communications
The role of giant viruses in freshwater habitats is less well studied. Here, using metagenomes collected over 20 years in Lake Mendota, the authors show that giant virus genomes adapt to environmental change via gene duplication and horizontal gene transfer, revealing genomic stability and increased virus-host interactions.
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Today we're kicking off a celebration of our 2026 retirees by acknowledging Wendi Lynch's 10 years of service as a senior administrator for the @jgi.doe.gov. Thank you for supporting science on #TeamBioSci, Wendi. Enjoy your next adventure!
Check out Genome Insider, the JGI’s podcast. Hear directly from users about how the JGI supports powering our future. Listen and follow on Apple, Spotify or wherever you find podcasts. 🖥️ 🧬 More: jointgeno.me/GenomeInsider
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New research decodes how a single stress signal transforms bacterial metabolism, offering engineers precise targets for designing better microbial factories. 🖥️ 🧬 More: https://jgi.doe.gov/user-science/science-stories/pinch-salt-activates-silent-gene-clusters-streptomyces
A Pinch of Salt Activates Silent Gene Clusters in Streptomyces | Joint Genome Institute
This single environmental trigger highlights efficiency for users requiring multiple omics methods to examine microbial chemical production.
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Introducing 17 new projects, via our Functional Genomics Call: These projects integrate genomic data with experimental techniques for predictive modeling and bioengineering applications to advance U.S. energy independence. See the full portfolio below! 🖥️🧬 @biosci.lbl.gov
JGI Announces 2026 Functional Genomics Recipients | Joint Genome Institute
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Straight from the headlines! Learn more about the July cover story from @natmicrobiol.nature.com on the latest episode of our #GenomeInsider podcast — "The Mobilome in the Mire" 🦠 Find it here: jgi.doe.gov/user-science... @simrouxvirus.bsky.social @scbagby.bsky.social @biosci.lbl.gov
Nature Microbiology@natmicrobiol.nature.com · last mo.Walk through our July issue! Read about 💊Microbiome and AMR 🧊Permafrost microbes 🦠Phages and flagella ⚕️Cholera protection 💉Poxvirus vaccine design 🍄Commensal skin yeast and much more! www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v... #MicroSky
Congrats to the 20 recipients of our first Critical Minerals & Materials call, in partnership with @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov! These projects integrate genomics with nanoscale science, aimed at developing transformative bio-based technologies involving critical minerals and materials.
Inaugural Critical Minerals & Materials Joint Research Portfolio Announced | Joint Genome Institute
Accepted proposals to address sourcing, recovery, and utilization challenges.
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The Primer goes out every other month and includes updates on user research, upcoming events, proposal recipients and other opportunities. Stay in touch! Sign up at jointgeno.me/newsletter
Time is running out! Don't miss the JGI's Microbial Genomics & Metagenomics Workshop at the Fisabio Summer School in Spain July 20–24. Register here (Module 4): https://redcap.fisabio.san.gva.es/surveys/?s=YY4RYJRRH9L8DXH8
New Genome Insider🎧 : Mobile genetic elements that can move between organisms often get missed in datasets. Now, deep sequencing & new analysis methods open up options for engineering these microbes in the future. 🖥️🧬🦠 @simrouxvirus.bsky.social @scbagby.bsky.social @berkeleylab.lbl.gov
The Mobilome in the Mire | Joint Genome Institute
Join Sarah Bagby (Case Western Reserve University) and Simon Roux (JGI) as they talk about their recent work on a time series from Sweden's Stordalen Mire. By looking at Mobile Genetic Elements, or MGEs, they're opening up new ways of engineering microb...
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Out today in Nature Microbiology: a paper that started in 2021 with an email from @sullivan-lab.bsky.social. Subject line: "Crazy ideas". www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/23
Pretty cool to see a diatom I isolated at @jcvi.org finish making its way through sequencing and onto @jgi.doe.gov phycocosm today. phycocosm.jgi.doe.gov/Charadi1/Cha...
“By using robotics and AI to standardize plant-microbe studies, we are building the foundational tools to accelerate science to address pressing DOE Missions and global challenges.” —Trent Northen, JGI Metabolomics Program Head Learn more about our program: jgi.doe.gov/science-prog...
Meet EcoBOT: The Autonomous Lab Standardizing Plant-Microbe Research
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One more reason to watch the World Cup ⚽: In 2022, JGI User @szintri.bsky.social and his team looked at grasses for clues about crop resilience — and spotted their study species on stadium pitches! Hear their story: jointgeno.me/s04e01
"We wanted to build a resource that demonstrates DNA sequence diversity, gene repertoire, and the phenotypic diversity across this plant in one accessible resource." — John Lovell, JGI Plant Program More: https://jgi.doe.gov/user-science/science-stories/sorghum-pangenome-opens-more-doors-discovery
A Sorghum Pangenome Opens More Doors to Discovery | Joint Genome Institute
Leveraging decades of technological development, dozens of reference genomes and thousands of resequenced sorghum varieties, a resource for breeders and researchers to harness the traits that let this...
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Don't miss the JGI's Microbial Genomics & Metagenomics Workshop at the Fisabio Summer School in Spain July 20–24. Register here (Module 4): https://redcap.fisabio.san.gva.es/surveys/?s=YY4RYJRRH9L8DXH8
Leveraging new tools and large-scale data mining, @jgi.doe.gov researchers nearly tripled the available fungal mitochondrial genome data, unlocking new potential for AI-driven studies of energy metabolism. 🍄 Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/guExxUg5
New research decodes how a single stress signal transforms bacterial metabolism, offering engineers precise targets for designing better microbial factories. 🖥️ 🧬 More: https://jgi.doe.gov/user-science/science-stories/pinch-salt-activates-silent-gene-clusters-streptomyces
A Pinch of Salt Activates Silent Gene Clusters in Streptomyces | Joint Genome Institute
This single environmental trigger highlights efficiency for users requiring multiple omics methods to examine microbial chemical production.
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