The black truffle of Périgord, the cynosure of every foodie’s dreams, is about to yield its most intimate secrets to a team of French and Italian researchers who have decoded its genome. Surely a great day for gastronomy and yet — truffle-lovers be advised — some of the new discoveries may reveal more than you…
Naegleria genome project on UC Davis News Service
N. gruberi is harmless to humans, but it does have a relative called Naegleria fowlerii that lives in murky water and can — rarely — swim up your nose and eat your brain. Sequencing was carried out at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek. The joint first authors on the…
JGI/ORNL metagenome study on ScienceDaily
Microorganisms can indeed live in extreme environments, but the ones that do are highly adapted to survive and little else, according to a collaboration that includes Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the University of Oklahoma. The metagenomic study of a “stressed” microbial community in groundwater near a…
JGI and Obama’s 2011 Budget on GenomeWeb
Under the White House’s proposed budget for 2011, the US Department of Energy expects to receive a total of $322 million next fiscal year for its Biological Systems Science Research (BSSR) efforts, including $69.3 million for the Joint Genome Institute (JGI), an increase of less than one percent over the $69 million JGI received for…
2010 Ergo Cup award on Medical News Today
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) now has a matched pair of Ergo Cups after winning at the 13th Annual Applied Ergonomics Conference in San Antonio, Texas. The Ergo Cup highlights ergonomic innovations from institutions and multinational corporations. The DOE JGI’s winning entry, “Empowering Employees in Ergonomics,” was for the Ergonomic…
DOE JGI wins Ergo Cup on EurekAlert
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) now has a matched pair of Ergo Cups after winning at the 13th Annual Applied Ergonomics Conference held March 22-25, 2010 in San Antonio, Texas. The Ergo Cup highlights ergonomic innovations from institutions and multinational corporations. The DOE JGI’s winning entry, “Empowering Employees in Ergonomics,”…
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.
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…
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…
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…