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… “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of distinguishing features. Several characters may be … to conduct a similar type of search in microbial and metagenomic databases. In this case, the machine “learned” to … phyla across virtually every ecosystem.” By significantly expanding the known diversity of these viruses, genomic …

… for the global research community. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) has released its newest 5-Year Strategic Plan: Innovating Genomics to Serve the Changing Planet (download a copy at … and the global research community will bridge fundamental knowledge gaps to advance biotechnology and …

… fungal infections. That’s why Mars, Inc., a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years and one of the world’s largest buyers of cocoa, is collaborating with others to develop healthier … Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy …

… Leveraging decades of technological development, dozens of reference genomes … of the HudsonAlpha Genome Sequencing Center. Surfacing new knowledge with a pangenome Using this pangenome resource, … said Lovell.  In future work, a pangenome offers many more knowledge transformations — including understanding of …

… A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in … tool will make the right cut, researchers created a set of guide RNAs that were effective against 94 percent of the genes in a lipid-prolific yeast. The Impact The team … This work was supported by DOE Joint Genome Institute grant  CSP-503076 (IW, HA, and MB) and NSF  1706545 (IW). HA and JW …

… The chromosome-scale genome sequence of trifoliate orange yields clues to disease-resistance that … from greening disease. You’ve probably never heard of trifoliate orange. Otherwise known as  Poncirus trifoliata , it’s an evolutionary cousin of the  Citrus genus, which gives us lemons, kumquats, …

… human chromosomes 5, 16, and 19. Following the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, he developed … assembly, and improvement strategies for de novo sequencing of eukaryotic organisms from simple yeasts to large … Institute and the collaborative projects funded through the CSP program. In addition to continuing to develop strategies …

… fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science.” Less than 6,200 researchers working in 21 … of a team that  released a reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass  Miscanthus sinensis …

… viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, scientists at the DOE Joint Genome … their expertise in developing and managing public viral genomics resources such as analytical tools and data … metagenome-assembled viral genomes ( Nature Biotechnology , 2021), geNomad , a tool for identifying mobile genetic …

… Analysis of haloarchaeal metagenomes broadens understanding of … haloarchaea from different Antarctic lakes. To assess the genomic variation in haloarchaea, they also characterized … has been enabled through the JGI Community Science Program (CSP) . Cavicchioli and his team compared two strains of …

… have been elected to the User Executive Committee of the Joint Genome Institute, a Department of Energy user … Research (BER) missions. The JGI provides advanced genomic capabilities, large-scale AI-ready data and … Bik is a recipient of the Community Science Program (CSP) New Investigator call. Through membership in the UEC, …