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Streamlining Regulon Identification in Bacteria
RIViT-seq technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. The … in Streptomyces coelicolor . The Impact As an integrative genome science user facility, connecting genes to functions … efficacy of RIViT-seq, researchers recently characterized 12 sigma factors and were able to identify the associated …
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Exploring Polymorphisms Created by Transposable Elements
My project at the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) was to measure the polymorphisms that transposable elements (TEs) contributed to in the grass model species Brachypodium hybridum . …
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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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Fungus Fuels Tree Growth
Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a … partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the DOE. The work conducted by the DOE Joint …
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Characterizing Communities: JGI Announces Latest CSP Portfolio
Proposals aim to sequence and annotate genomes from Antarctica to Africa to global oceans. Through … Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, 24 large-scale proposals have been accepted from 70 full …
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An Inside Look at How Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi Cooperate
A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate … to date. This paper  is the cover article for the April 2024 issue  of  Nature Plants .  “We wanted to better … scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …
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Phytozome: Tutorial Workshop from 2022 CROPS Conference @HudsonAlpha
Phytozome workshop held during the June 2022 CROPS Conference at the HudsonAlpha Institute for … Genomics portal of the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, and facilitates accurate and insightful …
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Crysten Blaby-Haas
Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials Initiative, a … user capability between the JGI and Molecular Foundry for genome-encoded biomaterial discovery, design, and … Google Scholar … Education … Awards and Service … Selected Publications …
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Genome sequences of key bacterial symbionts of entomopathogenic nematodes: Xenorhabdus cabanillasii DSM17905, Xenorhabdus ehlersii DSM16337, Xenorhabdus japonica DSM16522, Xenorhabdus koppenhoeferii DSM18168, and Xenorhabdus mauleonii DSM17908
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Bacteria and Fungi Divvy Up the Work in Forest Floor
… second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate … to identify proteins, the team compiled DNA sequences (metagenomes) and messenger RNA sequences (transcriptomes) from … work was supported by the Czech Science Foundation (18- 25706S and 20-02022Y), by the Ministry of Education, Youth …
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JGI@25: Expanding Metagenomics to Capture Viral Diversity
In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements … Beginning in the early 2000s , these environmental metagenomes began to offer a window into viral existence. Along …
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