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… A group led by JGI scientists have made strides in improving … ( CRAGE ). CRAGE enables scientists to insert large pieces of DNA (up to 60 kb) in a single step, directly into the … as part of the Community Science Program (CSP)  Functional Genomics proposal call. …

… Summer 2025 marked the second year of Alabama A&M University students … mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel from the Plant Functional Genomics Group to study the effects of  Brachypodium …

… Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, … technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he … BS, Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Master's, Biotechnology, University of Tokyo …

… For the last 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint … as a typical monthly JGI All-Hands Meeting, after a couple of perfunctory items, the agenda went off the rails – … co-localization of JGI and KBase at the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB). Said Michael Brandt of Ray, “You …

… Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his focus was primarily on how plants interpret different light cues by … University of California, San Diego (PhD, 2011) Rensselaer Polytechnic …

… Specializing in mass spectrometry-centered projects, Dr. Bowen’s work focuses on developing high-performance computing workflows and integrating mathematics and chemistry for advanced … BS – University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Chemical Engineering Ph. D. – … 2024 Berkeley Lab Recognition of Excellence Award 2016 R&D 100 Winner 2014 Berkeley Lab …

… Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC … closely with staff to understand the data-intensive nature of JGI workloads. Dr. Fagnan was appointed CIO of the JGI in 2016, and in 2018 was hired to be the JGI’s … Kjiersten Fagnan is the JGI's Chief Informatics Officer. Click to learn more about how the JGI supports the …

… Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal … genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that “taught” … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in … assumed, due to the wide and varied geographic footprint of the plant, that eelgrass began colonizing the oceans  …

… Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy … own food and generate oxygen as a byproduct. The abundance of oxygen shaped the evolution of life on Earth, and led to … Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy …

… Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that … in  Microbiome , researchers from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … By mining more than 14,000 publicly available metagenomic datasets in JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes & …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing … It’s like giving everyone a fork — all strains can potentially dig in, even if they were too lazy to produce … Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy …