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Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and … that certain gene families — including fungal genes horizontally transferred — contributed to the ecological resistance … plant lineages makes it ideal for comparative genomics studies, offering insight into genes critical for …

… new members to the JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland Hatzenpichler of Montana State University, Teresa … and symbioses relevant to the DOI mission.” Additionally, she noted, “I would also like to offer my insights in … review procedures and the organization of the JGI Annual Genomics of Energy & Meeting. Any investigator who has been …

New Graduate Internship Program Builds Bridges Between DOE JGI, UC … in the DOE JGI/University of California, Merced Genomics Distinguished Graduate Internship Program. … High Performance Computing Research Department. “It’s mutually beneficial,” Visel said of the internship program he …

How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . … value of their item. Part of that pleasure comes from finally having an answer to the question, “Why bother keeping …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold … chromosomes ever identified in the plant kingdom. Specifically, researchers found that female plants within a species …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … follow-up study , researchers focused on two types of naturally occurring switchgrass, those with 4 copies of the … and environments. The long-term investments in both the genomics and gardens are helping these shrubby grasses …

A metagenomic look at the soil microbes present a year after a … begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, paving the way for future plants and trees to grow. However, fire changes the microbes within the soil. …

RIViT-seq technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. The Science Regulons are a … factor. Predicting those relationships bioinformatically is almost impossible, and the experimental process for …

Six new members have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) … genetics expertise and experience as a primarily fungal genomics user, he aims to help align JGI policies with … Bioenergy Research Center. Her research focus is genetically engineering the plant cell wall to address dairy …

Dr. Udwary serves as a computational biologist for JGI’s Secondary … group. His research interests lie in use and development of bioinformatics tools for elucidation of biosynthetic gene clusters in … (1996) … List available on Google Scholar … Education … Publications …

Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, … Otani H, Udwary DW, Mouncey NJ. Comparative and pangenomic analysis of the genus Streptomyces. Sci Rep. 2022 … Mol. Microbiol. 87, 1223-1236. PubMed … Education … Publications …

Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his focus was … of Cell Identity as an R package … Education … Selected Publications … Software …