Artistic interpretation of CheckV assessing virus genome sequences from environmental samples. (Rendered by Zosia Rostomian, Berkeley Lab)

December 21, 2020

An Automated Tool for Assessing Virus Data Quality

The CheckV tool helps researchers to assess the completeness of virus genome sequences and complements a community effort to develop guidelines and best practices for defining virus data quality. [Read More]

Unicellular algae in the Chlorella genus, magnified 1300x. (Andrei Savitsky)

December 21, 2020

A One-Stop Shop for Analyzing Algal Genomes

By bringing together publicly available algal genomes into one place, PhycoCosm allows users to easily compile data that answers what genes are present in which organisms, when are they expressed, and what they do. [Read More]

Maize can produce a cocktail of antibiotics with a handful of enzymes. (Sam Fentress, CC BY-SA 2.0)

December 8, 2020

How Maize Makes An Antibiotic Cocktail

Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few… [Read More]

Rapid technological advances in genomics have transformed modern biology. From its inception, the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute has been at the forefront of large-scale sequence-based science.

Scientific Programs