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Genome sequence of the thermophilic fresh-water bacterium Spirochaeta caldaria type strain (H1T), reclassification of Spirochaeta caldaria, Spirochaeta stenostrepta and Spirochaeta zuelzerae in the genus Treponema as Treponema caldaria comb. nov.,
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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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JGI Earth Month: Kjiersten Fagnan Reflects on Shelter-in-Place Effects
In   April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day … on April 25.  On March 17, 2020, a shelter-in-place order for all residents took effect in six San Francisco Bay Area … order.     … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …
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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) …
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Extracting the Secrets of Secondary Metabolites
CRAGE-CRISPR combo helps further demystify biosynthetic gene … secondary metabolites, those molecules not essential for growth yet essential for survival, may now be easier to … Repeats) is the leading tool for accurately editing genomes, its effectiveness has historically been limited due …
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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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Phytozome: Tutorial Workshop from 2022 CROPS Conference @HudsonAlpha
… workshop held during the June 2022 CROPS Conference at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Phytozome is the Plant Comparative … Genomics portal of the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, and facilitates accurate and insightful …
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JGI Hosts GPU Hackathon in May
WHEN: May 6-10, 2019 WHERE: JGI With DOE investments in graphical processing unit (GPU)-based high-performance computing resources, an upcoming hackathon led by … (OLCF), NVIDIA, and the Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user …
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Nick Everson
Mr. Everson rejoined the JGI in 2020  and leads all aspects of JGI Operations which include the … and logistics activities.  He returned to the Joint Genome Institute after serving as the Chief Operating … the DOE Joint Bioenergy Institute and the Operations Deputy for LBNL’s Biological Systems & Engineering Division. Prior …
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The Big Deal About Short Plants
Despite their diminutive stature, “short plants” such as mosses could be uniquely powerful in helping … plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — had an unexpected …
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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 number of notable … the ability to break down hardy plant cell walls and therefore hold clues to how humans could do the same on an … coherent pieces called contigs — into genes and even into genomes — from these environmental samples,” said Matthias …
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