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… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … nature was using it to do something important.” Related Publications:  A scoutRNA Is Required for Some Type V … On Jennifer Doudna's Nobel Prize … Berkeley Lab coverage …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … reference genome for Sorghum bicolor . Since then, 2,993 publications, 107 patent applications, and 53 patents have … Learn more on the EPICON project … Plant Datasets … Also on Phytozome …

… A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research … the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program, which started in 2012, and what they’ve discovered through their … more than 10 papers, including two Nature Plants publications, in five years, have come out of the …

… During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working virtually with JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research … Blurring the Line Between Plasmids and Phages … Polymorphisms Created by Transposable Elements … Evolution of the Mitochondria Internship …

… Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in … technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he … BS, Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Master's, Biotechnology, University of Tokyo …

… Dr. Baumgart joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2018, following his doctoral research in synthetic biology and microfluidics at the University of California, San Diego. As the … BS in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of California, San Diego PhD in Molecular Biology, …

… Dr. Louie joined the JGI in 2014 to develop the metabolomics program, and in 2019 became … efforts to expand the metabolomics capabilities and product offerings for JGI users.  Using cutting-edge mass … B.S in Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D. in …

… Dr. Sneddon is the Advanced Analysis Group Lead in the Data Science and … Department at the Joint Genome Institute. His team of engineers and scientists builds and operates the data and … genomics and lab informatics. Prior to joining JGI in late 2025, he served as Director of Scientific Computing at …

… Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his focus was primarily on how plants interpret different light cues by … University of California, San Diego (PhD, 2011) Rensselaer Polytechnic …

… Dr. Roux joined the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His responsibilities include the … B.S. in Microbiology, Université Blaise Pascal, France M.S. in Data Analysis and Modeling for Life … Neri et al., 2023. Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of …

… Dr. Grigoriev joined the JGI in 2003, following his postdoctoral training at UC Berkeley and work in the pharmaceutical … at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of … at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… Dr. Northen is currently a Senior Staff Scientist at Berkeley Lab. Since joining Berkeley Lab in 2008, Dr. Northen has had leadership roles within large … to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes cycle carbon and sustain biomes via the …