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Whole Genome Analyses Suggests that Burkholderia sensu lato Contains Two Additional Novel Genera (Mycetohabitans gen. nov., and Trinickia gen. nov.): Implications for the Evolution of Diazotrophy and Nodulation in the Burkholderiaceae
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Panel Discussion: Launching & Sustaining Startups in Synthetic Biology
Hoppy Hour @ Calicraft Brewing, Walnut Creek Where:  Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek … Road company) Hosted by Nigel Mouncey, Director, DOE Joint Genome Institute Read a synthesis from the panel discussion  … Johnston for followup questions.     … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …
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Here, There and Everywhere: Large and Giant Viruses Abound Globally
JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single … archaea and eukaryotes, and they range in particle and genome size from small, to large and even giant. The genomes of giant viruses are on the order of 100 times the …
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Sequencing Sphagnum Leads to Discovery of Sex Chromosomes
A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The … change. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at … HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology sequenced sphagnum  genomes from plants selected by a team from Duke University, …
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2021 JGI Proposal Call Brings New Investigators into Community Science Program
JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the annual  … (CSP) call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … evolved into a full-scale proposal known as the Brassicales Genome Initiative. Brassicales is represented by more than …
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Progress Reports: 2002–2020
Click the cards below to view downloadable pdfs of previous Progress Reports from the Joint Genome Institute.  … FY20 Progress Report … FY19 Progress …
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Exploring Polymorphisms Created by Transposable Elements
My project at the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) was to measure the polymorphisms that …
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Marine Microbe Contains Multitudes
… microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different … periodically at different depths. In order to determine the genome structure of SAR324 cells and their gene expression, the team then sequenced community genomes and expressed gene transcripts (metagenomes, …
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Complete genome sequence of the thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing Bacillus tusciae type strain (T2T) and reclassification in the new genus, Kyrpidia gen. nov. as Kyrpidia tusciae comb. nov. and emendation of the family Alicyclobacillaceae da Costa and
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Complete genome sequence of Planctomyces brasiliensis type strain (DSM 5305T), phylogenomic analysis and reclassification of Planctomycetes including the descriptions of Gimesia gen. nov., Planctopirus gen. nov. and Rubinisphaera gen. nov. and emended
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Phytozome: Tutorial Workshop from 2022 CROPS Conference @HudsonAlpha
Phytozome is the Plant Comparative Genomics portal of the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, and facilitates accurate and insightful …
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New Research Sheds Light on Diversity in the Deep Sea
… get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at … contributed metagenomic sequencing to the study as well as  genome analysis, providing authors a more complete picture …
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