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Conserved genomic collinearity as a source of broadly applicable, fast evolving, markers to resolve species complexes: A case study using the lichen-forming genus Peltigera section Polydactylon
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Hiroshi Otani
Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying … technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he … Mol. Microbiol. 87, 1223-1236. PubMed … Education … Publications …
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Nandita Nath
Nandita is involved in developing new methods to improve genome recovery from single cells and to build sequencing …
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Graduate Students Get Thesis Research Opportunity at the JGI
Twice a year, the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program … is Mo Kaze, part of the 2018 cohort of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program. Kaze is part of Mark Sistrom’s … at Berkeley Lab. … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …
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JGI@25: Cow Rumen and the Early Days of Metagenomics
In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … coherent pieces called contigs — into genes and even into genomes — from these environmental samples,” said Matthias … of rumen-digested switchgrass, researchers isolated and sequenced DNA from rumen microbes involved in the digestion …
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Danielle Goudeau
Danielle operates the single-cell genomics pipeline for JGI collaborators. This work combines custom flow cytometric analysis, cell sorting, genome amplification, PCR screening, and 16S sequencing. She … novel flow cytometry protocols for targeted recovery of specific microbes. …
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I-Min (Amy) Chen
… data modeling, and biological data management. She was one of the co-authors and key developers of the Object-Protocol … data management infrastructure of the Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) family of systems. Before joining LBNL in … in an Academic Setting, SSDBM 14, July 2014 … Selected Publications …
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Novel heavy metal resistance gene clusters are present in the genome of Cupriavidus neocaledonicus STM 6070, a new species of Mimosa pudica microsymbiont isolated from heavy-metal-rich mining site soil
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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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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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A Natural Mechanism Can Turbocharge Viral Evolution
Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing … ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a “diversity generating …
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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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