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… Meet researchers who have hiked, rafted and met local wildlife (a marmot!) as they’ve sampled the …

… A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex … first time, the sex chromosomes of shrub willow have been sequenced with sufficient resolution to analyze their structure. Scientists found both a gene likely important for sex determination and a shared genetic …

… Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, … is particularly interested in understanding how, when and why microbes decide to produce which metabolites. … BS, Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Master's, Biotechnology, University of Tokyo PhD, …

… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI … on what the next five years of innovation could look like. In one article, Micro-Scale Applications head Rex … recent Nature Communications paper, uncovering giant virus sequences in soil for the first time. A second approach …

… TBK Reddy gives an overview of the JGI's Genomes OnLine Database and why curated metadata matters. …

… David Hibbett of Clark University fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he and 39 …

… The JGI was honored to host some of the brightest minds in genetics … Jill Banfield approached Doudna with repeated genetic sequences (already known as CRISPR) that came up in her … a wide range of new questions — from basic research, like learning how to optimize the gene editing function of …

… Dr. Yasuo Yoshikuni has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since … group. His research focus includes engineering of non-model yeasts for production of biofuels and renewable chemicals, … Yasuo Yoshikuni is the DNA Synthesis Science Program Head at the JGI. Click to learn …