ENIGMA undergraduate researcher Luz Arias who presented at the Arkin Lab Spring Semester Undergraduate Poster Session! The semi-annual poster session was hosted by co-investigator Adam Arkin’s lab at the Innovative Genomics Institute at UC Berkeley on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. During the poster session, ENIGMA undergraduate researcher Luz Arias from the Arkin Lab had the […]
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Goff Uses KBase to Analyze Genetic Factors Impacting Microbial Fitness in Contaminated Environments
A recent KBase community highlight summarized research accomplishments from Jennifer Goff, who was a postdoctoral researcher with the ENIGMA Science Focus Area in Mike Adams’ lab at the University of Georgia (UGA) and is now a professor at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF). Several of her team’s latest studies, which used KBase […]
How Bacteria Adapt to Stress
Berkeley Lab researchers uncovered a distinctive adaptation that some bacteria use to quickly form protective communities called biofilms, which help them survive in adverse environments. The work could lead to better stewardship of areas with high levels of heavy metals, nutrients, or other forms of hazardous waste.
Huang Explores How Bacteria Store Carbon at 2024 BioEPIC Research SLAM
Congratulations to Joshua Jiaqi Huang, a UC Berkeley graduate student researcher in Biosciences senior faculty scientist Adam Arkin’s group, who represented ENIGMA and Biosciences at the 2024 BioEPIC Research SLAM.
Jinwoo Im is ENIGMA’s Third BioEPIC Virtual Research Slam Presenter
With anticipated occupancy early 2025, Berkeley Lab’s newest building Biological and Environmental Program Integration Center (BioEPIC), is located in the beautiful Berkeley hills overlooking San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge. As part of Berkeley Lab’s Earth Month celebrations, a Research SLAM was hosted by Biosciences (BSA) / Earth and Environmental Sciences Areas (EESA) […]
ENIGMA researchers awarded for First Place Talks
University of Georgia ENIGMA researchers Jennifer Goff (postdoctoral fellow) and Elizabeth Szink (undergraduate research associate) presented their work at the 10th Annual Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium May 12-14,2023 at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC . The Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium is a unique opportunity for undergraduate students, graduate students, post doctorate, and faculty members from the […]
ENIGMA researchers Win 2nd Annual BioEPIC SLAM
Adam Arkin, lead scientist, along with ENIGMA team members Bradley Biggs , a postdoctoral researcher in the Arkin lab, and Mingfei Chen, a postdoctoral researcher in the Chakraborty lab, recently participated in a virtual Research Slam promoting science related to the BioEPIC building. https://bioepic.lbl.gov/slam/ Results: Mingfei Chen (ENIGMA) took first place, Mo Ombadi (Watershed […]
ENIGMA scientists highly cited across multiple platforms
ENIGMA scientists Paul Adams and Jizhong Joe Zhou are included in Clarivate’s Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers who have demonstrated significant and broad influence reflected in their publication of multiple highly cited papers over the last decade.These highly cited papers rank in the top 1% by citations for a field or fields and publication […]