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2010 DOE JGI User Meeting on GenomeWeb

Oysters aren’t just for eating, but the University of Southern California’s Dennis Hedgecock told the crowded room at the JGI Users’ meeting on Wednesday that he likes his raw on the half shell. For his research, however, Hedgecock is using oysters to study the genetics and physiology of hybrid vigor. Read more at GenomeWeb. [Read More]

DOE JGI in 2010 Ergo Cup competition

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) has two entries vying for the Ergo Cup at the 13th Annual Applied Ergonomics Conference held March 22-25, 2010 in San Antonio, Texas. In the Ergonomic Program Improvement Initiatives category, the DOE JGI’s entry is “Empowering Employees in Ergonomics,” which focuses on employee-driven elements of… [Read More]

DOE JGI 5th Annual User Meeting announcement

Researchers from all over the world will be at the Marriott in Walnut Creek for the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute 5th Annual Genomics of Energy and Environment Meeting, which will feature genomics research in the fields of clean energy generation and the environment. Keynote speeches will be delivered by Jay Keasling, CEO… [Read More]

Hydra genome project on GenomeWeb

In a paper appearing in the online version of Nature yesterday, an international research team led by investigators at US Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute, the J. Craig Venter Institute, the University of Heidelberg, and the University of California reported that they have sequenced the genome of the Hydra magnipapillata, a freshwater cnidarian. The… [Read More]

Naegleria genome project on SpaceDaily

“In a sense, analyzing the Naegleria genome shows us what it would be like to be on this planet more than a billion years ago, and what kind of organisms were around then and what they might have looked like,” said Simon E. Prochnik, a JGI and UC Berkeley bioinformaticist and coauthor of the Cell… [Read More]

B. braunii algal genome project on Physorg.com

But, a shortcoming of B. braunii is its relatively slow growth rate. While the algae that produce ‘vegetable-type’ oils may double their growth every six to 12 hours, B. braunii‘s doubling rate is about four days, he said. “Thus, getting large amounts of oil from B. braunii is more time consuming and thus more costly,”… [Read More]

B. braunii algal genome project on Checkbiotech.org

“Without understanding how the cellular machinery of a given algae works on the molecular level, it won’t be possible to improve characteristics such as oil production, faster growth rates or increased photosynthesis,” Devarenne said. Like most green algae, B. braunii is capable of producing great amounts of hydrocarbon oils in a very small land area…. [Read More]

B. braunii algae project on redOrbit

It’s not just a gee-whiz science trivia, Devarenne said. B. braunii is a prime candidate for biofuel production because some races of the green algae typically “accumulate hydrocarbons from to 30 percent to 40 percent of their dry weight, and are capable of obtaining hydrocarbon contents up to 86 percent of their dry weight. “As… [Read More]

Botrycoccus genome project on ScienceDaily

“Our results support the original Berkeley DNA sequence used for phylogenetic placement was from a contaminating algae,” Devarenne said. “And our study places the B race of B. braunii in the correct location on the ‘algal family tree’.” The actual genome sequencing and mapping will be performed by DOE’s Joint Genome Institute. Read more on… [Read More]

Hydra genome projcet on redOrbit

The Hydra genome was sequenced at the JCVI, and assembled independently by the JCVI and JGI. The genome is approximately one billion base pairs in size and contains approximately 20,000 protein coding genes. The team found clear evidence for conserved genome structure between the Hydra and other animals, like humans. This contrasts with organisms like… [Read More]