Tanja Woyke has been awarded the van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for the triennium 2017-2020 in recognition of her contributions made to the field. [Read More]

Over the summer, 10 students from UC Merced worked closely with JGI scientists on research projects that contribute to the larger mission of the U.S. Department of Energy. Students also worked with their mentors to practice and develop presentation skills as well as build their network in the field of genomics and scientific research. [Read More]

The JGI User Executive Committee, which represents the JGI user community, welcomes three new members: Kathleen Greenham, Matthias Hess, and Kristen DeAngelis. [Read More]

The JGI Data Portal is a pilot download experience currently accessible from JGI’s plant portal Phytozome, and an updated alternative to the Genome Portal. [Read More]

The trifoliate orange can resist citrus greening; its genome sequence to help researchers identify genes that can help other citrus resist the disease. [Read More]

On July 30, UC Merced students and their JGI mentors marked the end of their annual nine-week virtual internships. The celebration was preceded by short final presentations attended by more than 75 JGI staff. According to Axel Visel and Zhong Wang, founders of the JGI-UC Merced genomics internship program, this was the largest turnout for the final presentations to date.  [Read More]

JGI scientist Volkan Sevim is applying deep learning to genome science in order to make protein alignments more efficient. [Read More]