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Mechanisms of Plant-Fungi Symbiosis Characterized by DOE Joint Genome Institute, Collaborators

WALNUT CREEK, CA—Plants gained their ancestral toehold on dry land with considerable help from their fungal friends. Now, millennia later, that partnership is being exploited as a strategy to bolster biomass production for next-generation biofuels. The genetic mechanism of this kind of symbiosis, which contributes to the delicate ecological balance in healthy forests, also provides… [Read More]

DOE JGI Releases a New Version of its Metagenome Data Management & Analysis System

WALNUT CREEK, CA–Targeting its ever-expanding user community, the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) has released an upgraded version of the IMG/M metagenome data management and analysis system, accessible to the public at http://img.jgi.doe.gov/m. IMG/M provides tools for analyzing the functional capability of microbial communities based on their metagenome DNA sequence in… [Read More]

DOE JGI Releases Soybean Genome Assembly

WALNUT CREEK, CA–A preliminary assembly and annotation of the soybean genome, Glycine max, has been made available by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), to the greater scientific community to enable bioenergy research. The announcement was made by Eddy Rubin, DOE JGI Director, during his keynote remarks Jan. 15 at the… [Read More]

DOE JGI Community Sequencing Program Delivers First Moss Genome

WALNUT CREEK, CA–Messages from nearly a half-billion years ago, conveyed via the inventory of genes sequenced from a present-day moss, provide clues about the earliest colonization of dry land by plants. The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) was among the leaders of an international effort uniting more than 40 institutions to… [Read More]

Latest Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) Data Management System Update Release

WALNUT CREEK, CA–Version 2.4 of the Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) data management system, a resource provided to the scientific community for microbial genome data analysis, has now been released. Hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), IMG has built a popular following as reflected in the overwhelming response to IMG… [Read More]

DOE Joint Genome Institute’s Pennacchio Wins Presidential Early Career Award

WALNUT CREEK, CA–Len Pennacchio, Genetic Analysis Program Head at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and senior staff scientist in the Genomics Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is among this year’s recipients of The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Pennacchio was recognized for his significant contributions to… [Read More]

Massive Reanalysis of Genome Data Solves Case of the Lethal Genes

WALNUT CREEK, CA–It is better to be looked over than overlooked, Mae West supposedly said. These are words of wisdom for genome data-miners of today. Data that goes unnoticed, despite its widespread availability, can reveal extraordinary insights to the discerning eye. Such is the case of a systematic analysis by the U.S. Department of Energy… [Read More]

Green Alga Genome Project Catalogs Carbon Capture Machinery and Reveals Identity as Ancient Cousin of Land Plants and Animals

WALNUT CREEK, CA–The genome analysis of a tiny green alga has uncovered hundreds of genes that are uniquely associated with carbon dioxide capture and generation of biomass. Among the 15,000-plus genes revealed in the study are those that encode the structure and function of the specialized organelle that houses the photosynthetic apparatus, the chloroplast, which… [Read More]

Upgraded Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) Data Management System Released by DOE JGI to Eager User Community

WALNUT CREEK, CA–A powerful set of computational tools established to ease the visualization and exploration of genomes flooding the public domain is now available in IMG Version 2.3–the Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) data management system hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI). The content of IMG 2.3, upgraded with new… [Read More]