Dr. Jorge Rodrigues, a University of Texas at Arlington microbiologist, has been selected for a highly competitive genome sequencing project by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute. Rodrigues will sequence the genome of a microorganism isolated from a termite’s hindgut as part of an effort to identify solutions to climate change. The Joint…
DOE JGI’s Phil Hugenholtz at “Microbes at UQ” Symposium
Keynote speaker Dr Phil Hugenholtz will be describing recent advances in the metagenomic analysis of the microbial communities within the termite hind-gut, following on from work published in Nature in 2007. The stomachs of termites actually harbor a gold mine of microbes that have now been tapped as a rich source of enzymes for improving…
Nikos Kyrpides on microbial genomics
Microbes contribute to manifold human endeavors ranging from bioenergy to agriculture to medicine. Moreover, they make the Earth’s biogeochemical cycles go round, a prerequisite for all life on the planet. Exceedingly numerous, they are also extremely diverse, encompassing most of Earth’s total biodiversity. So it should come as no surprise to find that two-thirds of…
Exploring Standards to Advance Microbial Genomics
WALNUT CREEK, CA—Microbes contribute to manifold human endeavors ranging from bioenergy to agriculture to medicine. Moreover, they make the Earth’s biogeochemical cycles go round, a prerequisite for all life on the planet. Exceedingly numerous, they are also extremely diverse, encompassing most of Earth’s total biodiversity. So it should come as no surprise to find that…
Community genome project on MSNBC
The genomes of 17 different ants, fungi and bacteria that eat through hundreds of pounds of leaf matter a year could ultimately lead to new techniques for making biofuels. Scientists from the University of Wisconsin, the Joint Genome Institute and Emory University are sequencing the first-ever community genome, searching for clues to how what’s essentially…
UW-M/JGI ant collaboration on Cleantech.com
Scientists from the University of Wisconsin, the Joint Genome Institute and Emory University have been tracking the symbiotic relationship between the three groups of organisms in the rainforest. Together, the three can consume 880 pounds of dry leaves a year, maximizing the energy harnessed from the leaves through a bioreactor process refined over 50 million…
JGI on Forbes.com
Unraveling Genes Walnut Creek, Calif. Another Silicon Valley scientific attraction has little to do with the innards of computers, and everything to do with the building blocks of humans. At laboratories like the Joint Genome Institute, the human genome was deciphered. The techniques used for the Human Genome Project are now applied to fish, animals,…
NZ’s Federated Farmers comments on AgResearch/JGI project
“Ultimately this is about taking the gas out of the gas,” said Don Nicolson, Federated Farmers President. “By identifying what organisms and enzymes are involved in an animal’s digestive process, there’s real potential to see less waste but more productivity from farm animals. “AgResearch deserves major credit for working with JGI to undertake this research…
JGI/UW-M leaf cutter ant project on Discovery News
The genomes of 17 different ants, fungi and bacteria that eat through hundreds of pounds of leaf matter a year could ultimately lead to new techniques for making biofuels. Scientists from the University of Wisconsin, the Joint Genome Institute and Emory University are sequencing the first-ever community genome, searching for clues to how what’s essentially…
NZ Federated Farmers laud AgResearch/DOE JGI collaboration
Federated Farmers is praising AgResearch for partnering with the United States Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute (JGI), to sequence the DNA of microbes found in the rumen of farm animals. Don Nicolson, Federated Farmers President, says that by identifying what organisms and enzymes are involved in an animal’s digestive process, there is real potential…