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Peach genome project on GoUpstate.com

The tree’s DNA sequence was published worldwide Thursday. According to Clemson University, the project is the “culmination of an extensive research program pioneered at Clemson” under the leadership of Albert “Bert” Abbott, who holds the Robert and Lois Coker Trustees Chair in Molecular Genetics and is a professor in the genetics and biochemistry department. “The… [Read More]

Peach genome project on GEN

The peach genomics efforts of the Clemson research team and its international collaborators led the Joint Genome Institute, a federally funded sequencing facility, to underwrite the sequencing the genome of peach as one of the key plant species of interest worldwide. Clemson and Washington State University maintain the Genome Database for Rosaceae, which is a… [Read More]

Peach genome project on ScienceDaily

The tree’s DNA sequence is being published worldwide April 1, opening a new era in fruit-tree research that could have far-reaching implications for the future of peaches, as well as many other valuable plants. The research is available online at . This genome sequence is the culmination of an extensive research program pioneered at Clemson… [Read More]

Peach genome project on GDR

At the Plant and Animal Genome XV Meeting on 01/16/07, Jerry Tuskan from the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) announced plans to sequence the peach genome. Since then, an international consortium (IPGI) coalesced to do the work cooperatively. This consortium, under the direction of Drs Bryon Sosinski, Ignazio Verde and Daniel Rokhsar, includes numerous researchers from… [Read More]

Peach genome project on 7th Space Interactive

Bryon Sosinski, a graduate of the Clemson genetics program, now an associate professor of horticultural science at N.C. State University, served as the American coordinator of an effort to sequence the genome of the peach. Sosinski said the effort spanned the globe, involving scientists in Italy, Spain and Chile. In the United States, N.C. State,… [Read More]

JGI User Meeting on Biofuels Digest

Genomics research can be applied to energy crops to select for sequencing based on relevance to the DOE missions.  Projects focus on one of three key aspects: the development of biofuel feedstocks; the identification of enzymes that can effectively break down plant fibers into sugar; and the development of processes to ferment plant-derived sugars into… [Read More]

Peach genome on WSU Today Online

Realizing a decade-long dream, an international team of scientists today publicly released the peach genome sequence, the first genome completed for crops in the Rosaceae family. The data that comprises the peach genome is housed at WSU on the U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded Genome Database for Rosaceae (www.rosaceae.org).   Improvement of traits such as enhanced… [Read More]

JGI Energy Genomics video on GenomeWeb

The US Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute … teamed up with the Ex’pression College for Digital Arts to make a video to show just how sequencing genomes can help develop alternative fuels. The video premiered last week at the JGI Users’ meeting to great applause. See the embedded video at GenomeWeb or on the… [Read More]

Stressed metagenome study on Pollution Online

“We are looking to better understand the evolution of microbes in the groundwater plume,” Watson said. “The microbes that can break down nitrate into nitrogen can have a long-term benefit toward attenuating the plume.”  Watson added that researchers particularly want to better understand the genetic makeup of microbes that can metabolize oxidized forms of uranium… [Read More]

Stressed metagenome study on Water Tech Online

Conducted by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the University of Oklahoma, the study aims to develop biologically based methods for reducing the level of contaminants in groundwater, the article stated. “We are looking to better understand the evolution of microbes in the groundwater plume,” said… [Read More]