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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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Biotech Partners Summer Intern Co-Authors NAR Paper
Kaushal Sharma, one of five Antioch High School rising juniors who participated in internships at the DOE Joint Genome Institute this summer through the Biotech Partners … in filling or updating geographic information for nearly 1,100 samples,” said Reddy. Kaushal also reviewed and assigned …
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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 … and National Science Foundation (concept ID 10.13039/100000001; grant number DEB 1737898). …
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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 Biotechnology. Phytozome is the Plant … Genomics portal of the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, and facilitates accurate and insightful …
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Nick Everson
Mr. Everson rejoined the JGI in 2020  and leads all aspects of JGI … and logistics activities.  He returned to the Joint Genome Institute after serving as the Chief Operating … Laboratory in 2015 Served on the Council of UC Staff Assemblies (CUCSA) from 2015 to 2018, representing Berkeley …
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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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Crysten Blaby-Haas
Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials … user capability between the JGI and Molecular Foundry for genome-encoded biomaterial discovery, design, and … the heme-binding split-barrel family. J Biol Chem  300(11), 107888. Grosjean N, Yee EF, Kumaran D, Chopra K, Abernathy …
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Game On: High School Students Drive Everglades Metagenomics Study
In late June, Kathleen Lail, a member of JGI’s Sample … email request reached  Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh , the Metagenome Program Head at the  U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) … sequenced, and analyzed the soil samples, the JGI offered 7 seminars to the class throughout the project life cycle. …
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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 … reference fungal genome sequences assembled as part of its 1000 Fungal Genomes Project . To map microbial activity, …
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Researching and Solving Real-World Problems with the 2023 JGI-UC Merced Interns
For the first time in several years, the DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted … and Exploring Novel BGC Detection Techniques on Fungal Genomes Video Transcript: Emerald Nash : What I’m working on …
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