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Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A … models, Miscanthus has a large and complex genome whose evolutionary history and perennial lifecycle makes it …

Six new members have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute … feedback on pangenome tool development. Maurice is a fungal evolutionary ecologist with interests in understanding which …

… the fourth Director in its 27-year history. He has a wealth of managerial experience from almost 20 years in the Industrial Biotechnology private sector, as well as research expertise … focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel production organisms and fermentation processes for …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and …

Tanja Woyke and other JGI researchers made their debut writing for the Nature Reviews Microbiology column last … more to come in 2020. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … Igor Grigoriev took readers on a quick romp through the  evolution and domestication of yeast , a model eukaryote. …

Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in … to providing a more detailed timeline of eelgrass’s evolution, the study also shows the younger meadows in the …

… emphasize JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the annual  … and the proposal focuses on investigating the repeated evolution of three traits relevant to DOE interests: …

… in sequences affect traits. In a text file, the rows of letters A, T, C and G appearing over and over in a dizzying array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the absence of … where transcription factors have been repurposed during evolution to control new functions,” O’Malley said. …

Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the seasons. The Science … with light availability. A long-running time-series study offers a first glimpse into a full season’s cycle of this …

Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a scientific … students (and their mentors) how to begin establishing a professional presence through getting credit for any …

Nanohaloarchaeota cultures reveal they are symbionts and not free-living organisms. The Science … The Impact The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in environmental processes (related to interactions of soil-sediment environments, water and air-atmosphere with …

Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired … six UC Merced students with seven JGI researchers for bioinformatics internship opportunities in fields ranging … interactions to functional genomics. Hear from five of the Summer 2019 interns, who briefly shared their …