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“5 geeky-fun, wallet-friendly weekend escapes”

Joint Genome Institute In 2003, the Human Genome Project announced the sequencing of the complete human genome. The sequence of 3 billion A’s, T’s, C’s and G’s (that represent the four chemicals found in DNA) had been deciphered. A lot of that work had been done in Walnut Creek at the Joint Genome Institute, where… [Read More]

“Plant Microbe Shares Features with Drug-Resistant Pathogen”

The scientists were particularly interested in comparing two strains of S. maltophilia whose genomes were recently decoded to see why these strains — one isolated as an opportunistic pathogen from a clinical setting (strain K279a), and the other from the roots of poplar trees (strain R551-3) — were so well-suited to their very different environments…. [Read More]

“Free and Geeky Places Worth Visiting in California”

In the San Francisco Chronicle, John Graham-Cumming recently detailed five uber-geeky spots in California and Nevada that won’t cost you a penny to visit. From visiting the Computer History Museum to checking out the Joint Genome Institute, even if you’re traveling on a budget you’ll find plenty to do. [Read More]

“Unleash your inner geek without spending a cent”

  Think technology and it’s not hard to see dollar signs. But California and the West have many free and geeky places worth visiting; you just have to know where to look…. In 2003, the Human Genome Project announced the sequencing of the complete human genome. The sequence of 3 billion A’s, T’s, C’s and… [Read More]

Joint Genome Institute among destinations in “The Geek Atlas”

Each site in The Geek Atlas focuses on discoveries or inventions and includes information about the people and the science behind them. Full of photos and illustrations, the book comes complete with latitudes and longitudes for GPS devices. The destinations covered include, naturally, Bletchley Park itself, as well as the Alan Turing Memorial in Manchester,… [Read More]

During many years of travelling he has visited most of the places he wrote about. Personal favourites include the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, the working model of Babbage’s Difference Engine in London’s Science Museum, the Joint (human) Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, California and the National Cryptological Museum in Maryland, which has a… [Read More]

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“U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute releases expanded version of Phytozome.net, clearinghouse for comparative plant genomics data”

An enhanced version of Phytozome.net, a web portal for comparative plant genomics geared to advance biofuel, food, feed, and fiber research, has been released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Phytozome provides a central “hub” for web access to a rapidly growing number of plant genomes, and includes tools for… [Read More]

“JGI Updates Microbial Genomes Resource”

The US Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute has released an updated microbial genomics resource for researchers that now includes reference genomes and metagenomic data, JGI said Tuesday. The Integrated Microbial Genomes system with Microbiomes (IMG/M) 2.8 contains tools for analysis of microbial communities based on their metagenome sequence, within the context of reference isolate… [Read More]

“Craig Venter Has Algae Biofuel in Synthetic Genomics’ Pipeline”

In his Joint Genome Institute keynote speech in March, Venter said “the new algae” is something that “secretes whatever lipid size we want to engineer. This changes algae from what everybody’s been looking at as a farming problem into a manufacturing problem. So we are trying to get algae to go into a continuous production… [Read More]