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We are a DOE Office of Science User Facility
Supported by the DOE’s Biological and Environmental Research program, the JGI provides advanced genomic capabilities, large-scale data and professional expertise so researchers can contribute to advancing energy and infrastructure security.

The JGI offers deep expertise and a broad toolset.

Analyze Data
Access data and leverage tools from JGI portals and partners.
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Work With Us
Discover more about our user programs, capabilities and resources.
Work With Us
User Stories
Follow the research journeys of our users and the science the JGI drives.
User Stories

The JGI at a Glance

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Global Users
Each year, the JGI serves over 2,000 users — researchers with accepted project proposals, at all career stages.
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A Diversity of Capabilities
With an accepted proposal, JGI Users gain access to deep expertise and a broad toolset.
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Data Portals
We provide data that supports interdisciplinary work on a broad variety of organisms. Each dot in these networks shows a publication that mentions a given data portal, with work that cross-references multiple portals in between respective hubs.
See our list of JGI portals
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Foundational Work
JGI’s work reverberates over time to enable many discoveries. The Soybean genome shown is one example — since our original reference genome, the entire project has directly impacted over 5,000 unique studies. These works have gone on to influence over 100,000 further studies.
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JGI announces 2025 New Investigator portfolio

This year, the JGI has accepted novel research projects from a record 30 PIs who have not led previously accepted proposals. 

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With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete genomic results from single cells

PTA is a refined capability that is desirable in the microbiome field due to its high recovery of single-cell genomes. Offering this tool establishes the JGI as a leader in single-cell genomic amplification at a large scale.

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JGI releases 2024 Progress Report

For the fiscal year 2024, a record number of primary users — 2,475 — had active proposals with the JGI, along with more than 15,000 secondary users who made use of our data.

View the 2024 Progress Report