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Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics program. Prior to this, he served as a Research Molecular Biologist at the USDA for 12 years … Plant Journal 91(3): p. 361-370. Vogel, et. al., 2010 Genome Sequencing and Analysis of The Model Grass …

… in the pharmaceutical industry. He holds joint appointments as Fungal and Algal Program Head at the DOE Joint Genome … Institute, a Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor of Plant and … genome sequence of  Schizophyllum commune . Nat Biotech.  2010; 28: 957-963. Worden AZ et al. Green evolution and …

Meta-omics datasets show that CRISPR-Cas systems determine mutualism or … hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they … example, when certain viruses attack, their archaeal hosts release organic carbon. Understanding these complex …

For the Joint Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a quadrillion … parallel with the intricate move preparations, the JGI has released its newest 5-Year Strategic Plan: Beyond Basepairs …

… recognize that crop varieties grow best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their local … Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying and breeding varieties that have high … switchgrass collecting trips around the state of Texas in 2010. (David Lowry) Sourcing plants from so many parts of …

Monitoring Inter-Organism Interactions Within Ecosystems … been approved through the annual Community Science Program (CSP) call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint … are interested in the microbial communities that live on Alaska’s glacially dominated Copper River Delta. They’re …

Sugarcane was the last major crop without a reference quality genome … work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science Considered the world’s most harvested crop by tonnage, … for the sugarcane cultivar R570 has been generated and  reported in the journal  Nature . The work led by …

A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput … work was supported by DOE Joint Genome Institute grant  CSP-503076 (IW, HA, and MB) and NSF  1706545 (IW). HA and JW …

Mr. Everson rejoined the JGI in 2020  and leads all aspects of JGI Operations which include the Safety, Finance, Human Resources, …

… need corn, sorghum and other crops to grow well in worse conditions: with more heat, less water and less fertilizer. Grasses do better in these conditions, so plant biologists …