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… 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. On July 1, 2020, that all changed. Ray’s vigilant stewardship as JGI’s Operations Deputy has come to a close as this previously … as a typical monthly JGI All-Hands Meeting, after a couple of perfunctory items, the agenda went off the rails – …

Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, … returning their genomes to a diploid state while retaining multiple copies of some genes. This polyploidization process … “It offers us the possibility to explore genomically the whole complex of progenitors and descendant species and, …

See below for examples of successful Letters of Intent to our Community Science Program Large-Scale Call, … Investigator, CSP Functional Genomics, and Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science calls. These …

…   Join the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) for “Empowering Automated Laboratories: Integrating Experimentation with … to stay informed … The JGI and EMSL are U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national scientific user …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … and energy advantages explain why soybean is a flagship genome of the JGI’s Plant Program.    While soybean has … guys,” said Duplessis, who has collaborated with the JGI on multiple projects involving rust pathogens. “All along the …

As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 Annual … from its beginnings in the sequencing for the Human Genome Project out to the future of the institution. Their … the FICUS program, through which researchers can access multiple DOE facilities with a single proposal. From the …

… a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But … lysogeny, they can insinuate themselves inside the host’s genome, living quietly and replicating with their host … of microbial prey, and thus able to influence the metabolic rate of microbial communities. Because microbial metabolism …

… was the last major crop without a reference quality genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing … most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the … Many plants, sugarcane included, are polyploid and have multiple copies of chromosomes. Sugarcane accounts for 80% …

… are complex organisms that harbor a fantastic diversity of cell types and associated organisms, including fungal and … and are influenced by microbial partners. We use a variety of genomics-powered tools to study this complexity, … of plant/environmental responses … Selected Publications … Research Team Alumni … For further details, …