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JGI’s Operations Deputy has come to a close as this previously retired Naval Commander retires from Berkeley Lab. For … JGI’s Operations Deputy has come to a close as this previously retired Naval Commander retires from Berkeley Lab. On … is still good. “I noticed right away,” said Ellen Ford about Ray’s personal impact on her, “that you started …

… have all armed the plant with an array of defense mechanisms. The Impact There are over 10,400 species of ferns alive … well as the evolution of seed plants, the fern’s distant cousin. Ceratopteris richardii, or C-fern, specifically has … undeniable power of plants, and the lessons they can teach us, are why the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome …

Pennacchio joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to … (ApoA5) involved in human and mouse triglyceride metabolism. He is funded by DOE and through continued competitive … in Genome Biology & Technology (AGBT)” … Education … About the Deputy of Genomic Technologies … Selected …

Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers has found numerous examples of polycistronic expression – in which two or … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Berkeley Lab and the Environmental … Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), a DOE Office of Science user facility. The work was partly enabled by the …

… in mammals: a structure that helps correct deleterious mutations. The Impact Shrub willow and its close relative  Populus trichocarpa,  or the poplar tree, are potential biofuel … cultivars for the next generation. Understanding the mechanisms by which they reproduce can help guide breeding efforts. …

… gene-editing tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications. Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead … of the genes in a lipid-prolific yeast. The Impact The team used this set of guide RNAs on  Yarrowia lipolytica to … furthers the U.S. Department of Energy’s goal of producing sustainable fuels from alternative sources. Moreover, the …

… are solicited annually for the summer term (May through August) and selected projects will receive stipend and travel …

Research Division.. As a postdoc, her research focused on stable and accurate computational methods for … Dr. Fagnan became the JGI-NERSC Engagement Lead with a focus on adapting JGI workloads to run on supercomputing … 2018 NERSC, CRD Petascale Postdoctoral Fellow … Education … About the JGI Chief Informatics Officer … Selected …

… team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … reference sequence of the complex switchgrass  genome using samples collected at these gardens. Building off this …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … a JGI Flagship Plant. All three  Brachypodium  grasses have small genomes, short life cycles and can be easily … and in the laboratory. “We are fortunate because the progenitor species of  Brachypodium hybridum are …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. To do anything, they must find a … millions of  microbes govern ecosystems. These organisms carry out important environmental processes like  carbon …

… on Earth, and led to the development of multicellular organisms. Not all bacterial lineages harnessed aerobic … popularizer and communicator (and at one time, the spouse of Lynn Margulis). The information was then used to predict the metabolic strategies applied by a common …