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… (JGI) and Matt Escobar (California State San Marcos) about how the Adopt-A-Genome project got started. Plus, Kalyani Maitra (California State Fresno) and two …

… ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these algae … feedstocks that can thrive in saltwater mitigates concerns about diverting resources such as arable land and fresh … of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley …

… University in Fort Collins. He’s part of a JGI-supported project studying the world’s rivers and their microbial communities. He’s focusing on the Arkansas River and how microbes might be influencing its health.  He sat down with me to talk about his project, and riffed a bit on what it means in a …

… sequence to the public data repositories over its now 20-plus-year history. In 2019, the countdown has begun to the … JGI advisory committees and its primary funders at the DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER), among … prospective partners to generate awareness of and clarity about the JGI’s strategic directions,” said Mouncey. “In …

… of the genes in a lipid-prolific yeast. The Impact The team used this set of guide RNAs on  Yarrowia lipolytica to … at a genetic level, how does  Y. lipolytica work? The project was a multi-institutional effort led by … Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Y. lipolytica is a …

… exist back then,” said Hal Alper, a University of Texas at Austin professor, “but we really first heard about the JGI synthesis grant during a presentation that … of the proposals. Upon approval from JGI reviewers, the DOE project managers review the proposals. The proposer of …

… six to the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Facilities (FICUS) program for fiscal year 2026, in … and other national user facilities. Focus areas for these projects include biofuels, biomaterials and bioproducts; … what each facility could generate individually. Learn more about the projects below. …

… source of both protein and oil was also the largest plant project completed by the JGI. It has since been cited more … the JGI has also helped researchers understand a fungus that threatens these crops as they grow. Asian Soybean … ASR can decimate up to 60-90% of its yield.  (Learn more about the soybean genome sequence and ASR in this JGIota, a …

… This shorter episode is about a tiny, single-celled alga – Chlamydomonas reinhardtii … managed to sequence its genome, and what it has to teach us about other organisms – like plants. [ Editor’s Note: …

… the benefit to society. Inspired by the Human Genome Project (HGP), and building upon the principles for open … data policies. Since completion of the HGP, the JGI has sustained its commitment to uploading sequence data generated … changes in coordination with its stakeholder at the DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research program. …

… of biology and computer science, to reveal clues about how microbial and bacteria communities influence the … on his PhD program at UC Merced in 2013, this field was just beginning to develop and expand into the world of … . “There was a lot of freedom to explore,” he recalled. His project involved developing an algorithm and although the …