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… current PhD student, reached this milestone with a recent publication in Molecular Biology and Evolution . “It’s my … internship in 2018. She selected one of the projects posted by JGI fungal researchers, Igor Grigoriev and Asaf Salamov, … in the biofuel and synthetic biology fields. In a living cell, triplets of nucleotides, or codons, dictate which …

… The Impact One of the challenges in understanding wild populations is that tests to find associations between … more than 1,000 species of yeasts and they vary in terms of genetics, metabolism and biochemistry. Their capabilities … Efforts such as the 1000 Fungal Genomics Project led by the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of …

… In 2003, Dr. Pennacchio joined the DOE Joint Genome … Pennacchio received his Ph.D in 1998 from the Department of Genetics at Stanford University where he uncovered the … in human and mouse triglyceride metabolism. He is funded by DOE and through continued competitive grant support from …

… Research Experience (CURE) that consists of coordinated hands-on experiments across fungal biology teaching labs. The purpose of the program is to: train students and professors in laboratory techniques and data … Beyond providing a scalable solution for production of high-quality …

… With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete genomic results from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms … methods; shotgun metagenomic sequencing and single-cell sequencing. For years, extracting single cells and then …

… Dr. Mouncey joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2017 as the fourth Director in its … Dr. Mouncey has a long-standing interest in microbial genetics that started with his education and carried forward … to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… Leveraging decades of technological development, dozens of … has focused on producing high-quality reference genomes. By cataloguing a genome sequence for a line of sorghum, … Development (USAID) also supported the work.   Publication:  Morris, G.P., Harder, A.M., Healey, A.L.  et …

… One of the JGI’s key assets is our user community, comprising a broad range of researchers and trainees who use JGI resources and expertise. These … have yielded numerous, high-quality outputs, such as data, publications and software. The JGI supports the entire data …

… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI … metagenomics. One approach uses fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) to sort cells into several small pools … global ecological and environmental processes, especially by modifying host cell metabolism and altering cell fitness. …