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… Congratulations to Jane Grimwood, who has been appointed the Loretta Purdy Spencer Chair in Genomics at the … after the JGI was established to work on the Human Genome Project in 1997. She was a group lead at Stanford Human … she has continued to contribute across JGI plant genomes. She has appeared on the annual Highly Cited …

… JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in … it can also serve as a stepping stone to studying many genomes simultaneously through multiDAP, which allows … Program (CSP) focuses on a fungal comparative ENCODE project known as FUNCODE. “We noticed a few years ago that …

… Mr. Schmutz’s involvement with the JGI dates back to 1997, when he was … 5, 16, and 19. Following the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, he developed sequencing, assembly, and … eukaryotic organisms from simple yeasts to large vertebrate genomes.  For the past 13 years, Mr. Schmutz has directed …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The … Understanding the evolution of polyploidy, and how genomes respond to extra chromosome and gene copies, will … studying genes that are turned “on” or “off” at different times and in different parts of the plant, the team …

… Uncovering associations between plant roots and fungi that can help … plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots … on the fungal Tree of Life through the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project. Hacquard’s group had assembled a mycobiome culture …

… of two C. citriodora subspecies broaden understanding of the terpene synthase gene family across eucalypt … assembly of two Corymbia citriodora subspecies variegata genomes allowed researchers to study the conservation and … (JBEI), the JGI worked on resequencing several eucalypt genomes to establish the feasibility of genome wide …

… for new technology development and JGI user science projects. We perform analysis for diverse experiment types, with main focus areas being genome variation, transcriptomics and … Our group also performs ‘proof-of principle’ research projects to demonstrate new genomic capabilities. Our group …

… To engineer yeast to do more, and understand genomes in general, … yeast’s native chromosomes with synthetic versions. This project has turned out to be an international collaboration, …

… Biology is currently experiencing a revolution brought on by rapid developments in genomics and other omics technologies.  The exponential growth of DNA sequencing data, coupled with recent computational technology … 2014), unearthing hundreds of thousands of new viral genomes and their predicted hosts (Nature 2016, Science …

… The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is committed to advancing the … the benefit to society. Inspired by the Human Genome Project (HGP), and building upon the principles for open … ability of the principal investigators of approved JGI user projects to publish the primary report of their data without …

… Interns contributed to a number of projects, from refining … Asaf Salamov, Igor Grigoriev Project:  Training new JGI genomes with Tiberius Brandon Imstepf Mentor: Brian Bushnell …

… Community Science Program gives researchers access to all kinds of sequencing, ‘omics and bioinformatics capabilities — … stage, anywhere in the world, for free. We accept new projects related to energy and the environment several times a year. A few proposal calls have deadlines coming up …