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… 19. Following the completion of the human genome project in 2003, he developed sequencing, assembly, and improvement … simple yeasts to large vertebrate genomes. For the past 13 years, Mr. Schmutz has directed the JGI Plant Program, … IL … Healey, A.L., Garsmeur, O., Lovell, J.T. et al. 2024.The complex polyploid genome architecture of sugarcane. …
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… bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported researchers studying those …
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Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics program. Prior … served as a Research Molecular Biologist at the USDA for 12 years where he was a driving force behind the development …
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All of these cotton lineages have genomes approximately 2.3 billion bases or Gigabases (Gb) in size, and are hybrids … the simplest cotton genome ( G. raimondii ) several years ago. Studying the cotton genomes provides breeders … lineages had dispersed and diversified over a million years ago, their genomes were “remarkably” stable. “We …
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In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among the authors who offer perspectives on what the next five years of innovation could look like. In one article, … studying virus-host dynamics in nature. In the last few years, mapping the planet’s viral diversity has advanced …
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… biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in symbiosis with plant … to date. This paper is the cover article for the April 2024 issue of Nature Plants . “We wanted to better …
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… funded by the US-National Science Foundation grants OCE-0728391, OCE-0937404, OCE-1558795 to A-L.R, and OCE-2049478 and DBI-2047598 to K.A. We thank the Department of Energy Joint …
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Dr. Grigoriev joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2003, following his postdoctoral training at UC Berkeley and … of diverse eukaryotic genomes, from protists to plants. In 2009, he launched the JGI Fungal Genomics program which resulted in over 2500 fungal genomes in the JGI MycoCosm portal. In 2018, he …
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… and longtime JGI collaborator Sabeeha Merchant’s group. In 2011, they inventoried a swath of blueprints to find parts … The end result was a list of genes, termed The GreenCut2 Resource . It details 597 genes coding for proteins that … apt name for a Jane Doe After screening hundreds of GreenCut2 proteins, Blaby-Haas emerged with several ideas of …
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