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… Dr. Rokhsar joined the JGI in 2000 as the founding Associate Director for … over fifty plant and animal genomes. He currently leads the JGI’s Computational Genomics group, and is past lead of the Eukaryotic Genome Program (2010-2019), and JGI Chief Informatics Officer (2013-2016). Dr. Rokhsar …

… Congratulations to the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers at the JGI! They are among those recognized by Clarivate Analytics … Merced Genomics Internship Program and the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program. (Watch … that anaerobic fungi from herbivore poop might be a new source of novel compounds to help bolster the bioeconomy. …

… took effect in six San Francisco Bay Area counties. The JGI, located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is … been extended statewide. In this brief captioned video, JGI Chief Informatics Officer Kjiersten Fagnan reflects on … working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… The JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) represents the JGI user community and is responsible for providing input and advice on JGI policies and practices that affect users and their …

… genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , researchers … about their ability to adapt to changing environments, scientists have turned their attention to the pangenomes of … of the  Marchantia pangenome, scientists developed a resource that associates plant’s genetic variants with specific …

… may have been important in early Earth conditions. The Science Through a combination of sequencing tools and … into the evolution of life on Earth. For decades, longtime JGI collaborator Bill Inskeep of Montana State University … and direct microscopy. Through the JGI’s Community Science Program , the team used metagenome assemblies, …

… DOE user facilities EMSL and JGI announce FY 2020 collaborative FICUS projects. Through the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) … prominently among the eleven proposals selected with four focused on biofuels and bioproducts. For example, …

… agriculture – such as efficiently using dwindling water resources and restoring and maintaining healthy soils – are at … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… and thousands of resequenced sorghum varieties, a resource for breeders and researchers to harness the traits … Biotechnology Genome Sequencing Center and a member of the JGI Plant Program. Lovell was a senior author on this work … Shakoor, a research scientist at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.  This work is the result of an international …

… biology and functional genomics. Prior to joining the JGI, he was a group lead at Brookhaven National Laboratory … oxidase for biophotovoltaic energy. Plant biotechnology journal . 14: 1, 22-28. 2016 Blaby et. al., Genome‐wide … Chlamydomonas genome project: a decade on. Trends in plant science . 19: 10, 672-680. 2014 Blaby, et. al., …

… The JGI welcomes three new members to the JGI User Executive … University, Teresa Pawlowska of Cornell University, and Jana U’Ren (pronounced “you-wren”) of the University of … for three additional positions on the UEC. Thirty-four JGI users were nominated, representing a breadth of …

… to step outside their boundaries and dream big. They encourage students to pursue personal, academic, and … by various biotech and healthcare industry partners. Our interns say their experiences allowed them to:  Learn …