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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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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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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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Yasuo Yoshikuni
Dr. Yasuo Yoshikuni has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission … production of biofuels and renewable chemicals, developing genome engineering tools for non-model organisms, modulating … … DNA Synthesis Science Program … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …
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A Better Way to Find RNA Virus Needles in the Proverbial Database Haystacks
… to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter … Information, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … RNA Polymerase (RdRP), necessary for replicating the RNA genome replication, detecting it has been a challenge. …
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Sequence to Function: Applications and Analysis for the Future (SFA²F)
… industry, and government organizations for three days of scientific presentation, interactive panel discussions, … and informal networking events. JGI will present both a genome center talk and a tech talk. Stop by the JGI booth to …
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Trent Northen
Northen’s research is focused on using metabolomics to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes cycle carbon and sustain biomes via the … … Metabolomics Science Program … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …
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2025 NeLLi Symposium
… and Agenda Coming Soon!  Hosted by the DOE Joint Genome Institute, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Desert Research Institute, the … cultivating new Bacteria and Archaea revealed by a recent genome census . Speakers John M. Archibald (Keynote) …
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