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… their expertise to enhance the scientific impact of user projects, develop cutting edge approaches for and with users, and create computational tools and resources for them. Their concerted efforts help maximize the JGI’s impact in advancing …

Dr. Udwary serves as a computational biologist for JGI’s Secondary Metabolites group. His research interests lie in use … tools for elucidation of biosynthetic gene clusters in bacteria and fungi. Prior to joining the JGI, he spent time …

… recognize that crop varieties grow best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their local … fellow in the Juenger lab and continues to work on the project from a lab at Michigan State University that is … and those previously grown for the DOE candidate feedstock poplar. “You’re collecting natural diversity and you’re …

Analysis reveals cotton genome stability across global lineages . Come harvest … for all this new cotton work, and even the original cotton project was to try to bring in molecular methods of breeding … added. “We must be careful who we ask to take on these projects due to their difficulty and complexity, but we have …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … engagement activities under the umbrella of the SOD Blitz Project. In hopes of controlling the spread of the disease, … represent the first-ever large-scale “citizen science” project to generate real-time data for modeling and …

… working for the Stanford Human Genome Center, now the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. There he constructed … 5, 16, and 19. Following the completion of the human genome project in 2003, he developed sequencing, assembly, and … relevant cellulosic feedstocks. Schmutz provides scientific project management for the reference eukaryotic genomes …

Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm microbial diversity is wilder than ever. Imagine … that the majority of these protein families belonged to bacteria and viruses, though 6 million of the sequences …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At … For bacteriophage viruses, these hosts are microbes like bacteria, not humans. With metagenomic sequencing, … to reliably match viruses with their archaea and bacteria hosts. The Impact Within the domains of archaea and …

The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) is a board convened by the JGI Director to provide a scientific and … SAC is chartered to render advice, guidance, and counsel on the effective management and strategic objectives of the … from the CSP Proposal Study Panel on prioritization of CSP projects and, with concurrence from the DOE Office of …

JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists …