Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing lab. So today, Chris Daum walks through the JGI’s sequencing pipeline, where there are freezers with names — but not doors — and robots handle a bunch of benchwork. Links from this episode: Episode TranscriptSubmit a proposal to work with the JGIVirtual tour of the Joint Genome InstituteWebinar: Long-read sequencing for metagenomics and DNA modification detectionOur contact info:Twitter: @JGIEmail: jgi-comms at lbl dot govGenome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute.  Sound Effects Credits: George Hopkins “Mechanical keyboard typing”