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… Dr. Rokhsar joined the JGI in 2000 as the founding Associate Director for … directed towards the sequencing, annotation, and analysis of three human chromosomes. After successful completion of the Human Genome Project, Professor Dr. Rokhsar ’s team … AB in Physics, Princeton University, NJ MS in Theoretical …

… Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More … development of multicellular organisms. Not all bacterial lineages harnessed aerobic respiration when the Cyanobacteria … to gain and harness energy. As reported January 28, 2019 in Nature Communications , two research teams joined forces and …

… Novel study looks at microbiomes in aerial surfaces of plants and their roles in plant health … Rocky Mountains. This represents the first study of this nature.  The phyllosphere is a major habitat for … ) conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute ( https://ror.org/04xm1d337 …

… Metagenome-assembled archaeal genomes provide new insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse … gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea likely played a key … is “vastly underestimated.” In the March 4, 2019, issue of Nature Microbiology , they mined the Integrated Microbial …

… Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base … exploration of genomic DNA modifications (epigenome).  In  Nature Ecology & Evolution , a team led by Robert Schmitz at … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal … co-opted into symbiotic functions. Recently published in  Nature Communications , the work was led by a consortium of … The project was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… A new approach for improving functional annotation in fungal genomes. The Science In a proof-of-concept study, researchers demonstrated that a new … to harness the genomic data. Reported October 8, 2018, in Nature Genetics , a team led by researchers at the … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Chloroplast mimic a platform to capture and utilize carbon in a synthetic fixation cycle. The Science Chloroplasts are … (MPI) for Terrestrial Microbiology and the University of Bordeaux have developed a platform that mimics … faster than RuBisCo, the most common CO-2 fixing enzyme in nature. The library provided the Erb lab with enzymes that …

… Panicum hallii genomes offer insights to drought tolerance. The Science Researchers have … toward improving crop yields for food and fuel use. In Nature Communications , a team led by Tom Juenger at the … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at … who also holds a joint appointment with the University of California, Berkeley. Nowadays, Session is an Assistant … in New York. He and Rokhsar have  recently published a Nature Communications paper that builds off their early …

… Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria (phototrophs) in Antarctica’s Ace Lake defy the … with light availability. A long-running time-series study offers a first glimpse into a full season’s cycle of this …

… Sustainable Berkeley Lab maintains a  calendar of Earth Month … striving for sustainability in lab spaces as well as offices. These efforts dovetail into sustainability … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …