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… provides direction, leadership, and oversight for all JGI scientific programs. The Deputy of Science is also … of scientific policy, engaging in interactions with the scientific community at large. … 2021 LBNL … Computational Biology , Nucleic Acids Research . Over 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals including Nature, …

NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32), 2012 – 2015  Bright Futures Academic Scholarship, 2002 – 2006  HCA Foundation … aminopeptidase. Cell Reps 39 (7), 110834. (Subject of News and Views Article in Nature 608, 38-39 (2022) and … Google Scholar … Education … Awards and Service … Selected Publications …

… was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint Genome Institute with Dan Rokhsar, who also holds a joint appointment with … developed a method to correctly identify polyploid subgenomes without needing to know the genomes of their … fact that he can use what they’ve developed here to further future research and answer complex questions. …

… stable isotope probing (DNA SIP) relies on incubating DNA with isotopically-labeled compounds to link active microbes … achieved thus far based on computational predictions, and future directions integrating computational and experimental … and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.  DOE’s Office of …

… and evolutionary analysis of over fifty plant and animal genomes. He currently leads the JGI’s Computational Genomics … IBM Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY … Publications … 2018 Marthella Foskett Brown Chair, … Genomics and Computational Biology … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …

… projects. We perform analysis for diverse experiment types, with main focus areas being genome variation, …

Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Recently, Lawrence, in collaboration with researchers from ORNL, Lawrence Berkeley National … in machine learning. Despite working alongside his scientific idols, Lawrence recalls feeling very comfortable. … said. Wang, a vocal advocate on the importance of giving scientific presentations, maintains this expectation of his …

… the DOE Joint Genome Institute works in partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, which … Avinash:   JGI puts huge efforts into generating reference genomes for new species allowing it to fill gaps in the … and evolutionarily conserved genes that could be potential future targets for functional genomic studies. We also …

… and University of California (UC), Merced. What started with 2 interns in the summer of 2014 has grown to a total of 75 with the inclusion of the 2023 cohort. Each of them has … term efforts to contribute towards a diverse workforce and scientific community (working with the JGI) as well as our …

To engineer yeast to do more, and understand genomes in general, Jef Boeke, Weimin Zhang (NYU Langone … have worked to replace yeast’s native chromosomes with synthetic versions. This project has turned out to be an international collaboration, with some artistic endeavors along the way. Eventually, the …

… researchers are aiming to have two high quality reference genomes for peat-forming species that occupy different … These resources would provide the research community with the ability to address questions such as sphagnum’s associations with methane oxidizing bacteria, nutrient uptake, and its …