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… elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE … environments. He’s been involved in several plant genome projects through the Community Science Program. As a UEC … a UEC member is increasing user program participation from researchers at non-R1 institutions, now defined as those …
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… to fingerprint the pathogen and trace its origins, the researchers engaged the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), with support of the US Department of Energy Office of Science, as well as from the US … engagement activities under the umbrella of the SOD Blitz Project. In hopes of controlling the spread of the disease, …
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Annual Call. “It’s exciting to see the diverse portfolio of successful CSP proposals this year,” noted Tanja Woyke, who heads JGI’s … annual CSP call is focused on large-scale genomic science projects relevant to the DOE’s Office of Biological and …
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… made strides in improving and applying a method that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. In … the amount of DNA that can be inserted at a time. In a project detailed in ACS Synthetic Biology , Yoshikuni and … to use CRAGE in a select group of bacterial strains as part of the Community Science Program (CSP) Functional …
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The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet … provides new views of these relationships. Recently , researchers used population genomics to find that while … and its hitchhiker Ca . Huberiarchaeum. Both organisms are part of the DPANN superphylum of Archaea. This pair is …
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Congratulations to Susannah Tringe , one of eight scientists and engineers who received the 2020 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award , one of DOE’s highest honors! Tringe, a microbiologist, was recognized for “advances in sequence-based studies of microbial assemblies, revealing the roles of microbial …
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… for our 2025 Community Science Program Annual Call. These projects include cutting-edge research into microbial … degradation. “We are very excited to see the outcome of the innovative research being proposed by this year’s … never served as a principal investigator. The other seven researchers are returning, including one previous New …
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Dr. Malmstrom is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements of in situ growth … also carries out custom preparative work for difficult user projects, including those that require fluorescence …
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… source of both protein and oil was also the largest plant project completed by the JGI. It has since been cited more … to maximize yields for biofuel, the JGI has also helped researchers understand a fungus that threatens these crops … … We’re a long way there; we are developing traits with key partners, both Corteva and Bayer, and that’s going really …
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… for any scientific contribution they make, whether as part of a course or internship, and before ever publishing a … credit for their contributions to science. A panel of DOE researchers, program managers, and intern alumni will introduce projects designed for students to gain research experience …
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… bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported researchers studying those microbial methane-makers. …
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… plants The Science In a recent Nature Genetics paper , researchers focused on the full composition of genes, or … plant lineages in the Open Green Genomes Initiative , a project supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE …
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