Tomorrow at Plant & Animal Genome Conference #PAG30 in San Diego:

Plant Genomic Science workshop co-organized by #JGI and #KBase

https://bit.ly/3PgqzPE

@jgi @LBNLBioSci @berkeleylab #plant #genomes #bioenergy #BerkeleyLab

Congratulations to SaschaD who successfully defended his #PhD yesterday! #PhDone

He has been an immensely productive student (overall 11 papers out by now) and a great social presence in our group (not only for the amazing #cakes 🍰🥮🧁).

Have fun joining #BerkeleyLab

The Department of Energy just announced a new $56M initiative to support training and research opportunities for students and staff at HBCUs and other MSIs in collaboration with DOE-funded National Labs and facilities (such as @berkeleylab or @jgi)

If you are at an HBCU, HSI, AANAPISI, or other minority-serving institution, consider attending one of the upcoming webinars to find out more.

https://www.energy.gov/science/articles/department-energy-announces-56-million-traineeships-supporting-historically

#NationalLab #BerkeleyLab #JGI #MSI #HBCU #HSI #AANAPISI #STEM @LBNLBioSci

The Department of Energy just announced a new $56M initiative to support training and research opportunities for students and staff at HBCUs and other MSIs in collaboration with DOE-funded National Labs and facilities (such as @berkeleylab or @jgi)

If you are at an HBCU, HSI, AANAPISI, or other minority-serving institution, consider attending one of the upcoming webinars to find out more.

https://www.energy.gov/science/articles/department-energy-announces-56-million-traineeships-supporting-historically

#NationalLab #BerkeleyLab #JGI #MSI #HBCU #HSI #AANAPISI #STEM

12 days to go: Applications for the paid Summer 2023 Community College Internships (CCI) Program are due Jan 10th, 2023.

Great opportunity for CC students to gain technical training experience at #BerkeleyLab and many other National Labs.

Details and application form: https://science.osti.gov/wdts/cci

@berkeleylab @LBNLBioSci @jgi #NationalLab #BerkeleyLab #CommunityCollege #Internship #PaidInternship

12 days to go: Applications for the paid Summer 2023 Community College Internships (CCI) Program are due Jan 10th, 2023. Great opportunity for CC students to gain technical training experience at #BerkeleyLab and many other National Labs.

Details and application: https://science.osti.gov/wdts/cci

@berkeleylab @LBNLBioSci @jgi #NationalLab #BerkeleyLab #CommunityCollege #Internship #PaidInternship

12 days to go: Applications for the paid Summer 2023 Community College Internships (CCI) Program are due Jan 10th, 2023. Great opportunity for CC students to gain technical training experience at #BerkeleyLab and many other National Labs.

Details and applications: science.osti.gov/wdts/cci

@berkeleylab @LBNLBioSci @jgi #NationalLab #BerkeleyLab #CommunityCollege #Internship #PaidInternship

The Molecular Foundry at Berkeley Lab is now also represented here:

@molecularfoundry
https://sciencemastodon.com/@molecularfoundry

#NationalLab #DOE #Berkeley #BerkeleyLab #Science @berkeleylab

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab official Mastodon account just launched:

@berkeleylab
https://sciencemastodon.com/@berkeleylab

Not actively posting yet, but follow now so you don't miss any when they start.

#NationalLab #DOE #Berkeley #BerkeleyLab #Science

My favorite science story from JGI in 2022: A centimeter-long bacterium!

https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2022/06/23/giant-bacteria-found-in-guadeloupe-mangroves-challenge-traditional-concepts/

@jgi @LBNLBioSci #JGI #BerkeleyLab #Thiomargarita #Bacteria

#darkenergy #DESI Creates Largest 3D Map of the #Universe | In order to explore the #dark #energy the Dark Energy #Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) at #BerkeleyLab has created largest and most detailed ever 3D...

https://www.scientificeuropean.co.uk/sciences/space/dark-energy-desi-creates-largest-3d-map-of-the-universe/

Postdoc opportunity here at Berkeley Lab @LBNLBioSci with Susannah Tringe (and @EcoEvoElle)

Host-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions in microbial communities associated with the candidate bioenergy crop camelina using metagenomics, metabolomics (and any other omics as needed...)

http://m.rfer.us/LBLsOu5cV

#metagenomics #BerkeleyLab#LBNL #postdoc

Great to see that the Biosciences Area of Berkeley Lab (in which our lab and JGI are located) is now also represented here

https://sciencemastodon.com/@LBNLBioSci/followers

@LBNLBioSci

#Berkeley #BerkeleyLab #LBNL #NationalLab #energy #environment #genomics #JGI

IMG/M (img.jgi.doe.gov) now featuring:
- 100k microbial genomes
- 46k metagenomes
- 69 billion genes
- 23 trillion bp of microbial/metagenomes
- advanced scaffold search
- ANI for metagenome bins
- ...

Full list of upgrades in the new NAR paper:
https://academic.oup.com/nar/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nar/gkac976/6830671

#JGI #BerkeleyLab #DOE #Microbial #Genomics #Metagenomics #Microbiome #IMG

They are huge (for a virus) and there are probably MANY more of them out there.

Great new review about GIANT :dna: viruses :dna: by Frederik Schulz, Chantal Abergel, Tanja Woyke

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00754-5

#JGI #BerkeleyLab #virus #giantvirus #NCLDV #NatureReviewsMicrobiology