DOE JGI as ‘Genomics Foundry’ in GenomeWeb

The Joint Genome Institute plans to transition from a sequencing center to a “genomic foundry” — a one-stop shop for large-scale functional annotation, single-cell genomics and transcriptomics, high-throughput custom sample prep, and analysis expertise, among other proposed services, said Eddy Rubin at JGI’s sixth annual User Meeting in Walnut Creek, Calif. Ultimately, Rubin said, he and his colleagues aim to “transform the JGI from largely a sequence production facility to the ‘DOE Genomic Foundry,’ pioneering the use of functional genomics capabilities to solve energy and environmental problems.”