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A mini-episode looking at the efforts of Pankaj Trivedi, whose New Investigator proposal was …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … and energy advantages explain why soybean is a flagship genome of the JGI’s Plant Program.    While soybean has … source of both protein and oil was also the largest plant project completed by the JGI. It has since been cited more …

More than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the … Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi … shared their thoughts on the students’ efforts. Ben Cole, a project scientist in Visel’s Genomics of Plant-Microbial …

Blow carried out postdoctoral work at LBNL, where he worked on computational and experimental approaches to study genome regulation in human and other vertebrate genomes. When he joined the JGI, he worked as a project scientist and then as a research scientist on …

… year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from reseachers who translate genomic … Through our CSP Functional Genomics call , we look for projects that will leverage the JGI’s DNA synthesis and omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function. Tapping into these functions allows …

… clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) … with the photobiont transferring part of its photosynthetically fixed carbon to the mycobiont. However, despite a … For the first time, a team has analyzed in parallel the genomes and transcriptomes of both partners to better …

To engineer yeast to do more, and understand genomes in general, Jef Boeke, Weimin Zhang (NYU Langone Health) and Leslie Mitchell (Neochromosome) have worked … yeast’s native chromosomes with synthetic versions. This project has turned out to be an international collaboration, …

Congratulations to Tanja Woyke, who has been awarded the van … Earlier this year, she was elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM). She has led JGI’s Microbial … and as Associate Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Merced. Woyke received a 2014 Berkeley Lab …

… of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass  … chromosomes of  Miscanthus arose by ancient hybridization (polyploidy) and insights into the dynamics of gene … Europe and Asia. CABBI partners include the University of California, Berkeley and the HudsonAlpha Center for …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … energy and environmental challenges. In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was … many sequenced through the JGI 1000 Fungal Genomes Project.       Francis Martin on the main impact of …

… prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use oxygen to convert food into energy. However, in environments with … including the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … than 400 cultured rumen prokaryotes from the  Hungate1000 project . They also used the tool to predict possible …