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… The IAC is chartered by the JGI Chief Informatics Officer (CIO) and reports to the JGI Director. The … on the effective management and strategic objectives for the JGI’s data science, informatics and information technology (IT) activities and …

… and strategic objectives of the microbial and metagenome programs and report back to them. The Committee is … scientific relevance and quality. The Committee does not perform management functions nor does it direct the Programs' …

… successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results published … National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at … automation lets researchers study more samples and provides better resolution by splitting the DNA into more density …

… technologies have led to an abundance of microbial genomes becoming available to the global research … , researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … the microbial diversity we know about, and proposes a path forward to curate and cultivate what is still unknown.  “We …

… To provide broad plant genomic capabilities, the DOE Joint Genome Institute works in partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, which specializes in genome improvement … to the field of plant genetics/genomics? Avinash: Having a better handle on the gene function helps identify the …

… highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science.” Less than 6,200 … a consortium that  released a very high quality reference genome sequence of green millet ( Setaria viridis ) in  … and benefit from breeding programs of related candidate bioenergy feedstock crops such as sugarcane and sorghum.     …

… science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. The 1KFG project represents affiliations at over … (Graphic: Neil Byers) The JGI launched the 1000 Fungal Genomes (1KFG) Project through a 2012 Community Science Program proposal. Joseph Spatafora of Oregon State University led the effort to sequence …

… relevant to living on a changing planet. Transcript for Audio Two special days occur in April: the 50th … planet. In this short audio production, we’ll hear from Ed Hall, an ecologist at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. He’s part of a JGI-supported project studying …

… data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative analysis tools. … are based upon? A: This is still work in progress as new genomes are being added. We do plan to publish the tree or … again how did you pick genomes to be on the genomes portal? For the taxa I work on, there are 7 genomes on NCBI but your …

… For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a … determination. Rhondene Wint, an alumna of the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)-UC Merced internship program and … and Asaf Salamov, and together, they embarked on a quest to better understand the factors and mechanics of gene …

… challenges. Sorghum stands out as a candidate feedstock for biofuels thanks to its drought and flood hardiness. Even … climate has earned it a place on the JGI’s Flagship Plant Genome roster. Sorghum has an important feature in common … collaborators are continuing to generate sorghum genomes to better understand sorghum’s toughness and energy storage. …

… To engineer yeast to do more, and understand genomes in general, Jef Boeke, Weimin Zhang (NYU Langone … the goal is to create an entirely human-generated yeast genome. …