The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is a national user facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The JGI consists of around 280 researchers and support staff in the Integrative Genomics Building in Berkeley, California.Our location at the IGB fosters team science and collaboration with partner organizations such as the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase and the National Microbiome Data Collective.