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… Dr. Mouncey joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2017 as the fourth Director in its 27-year history. He has a … biology. Dr. Mouncey has a long-standing interest in microbial genetics that started with his education and … of Energy biology programs, and represents the Joint Genome Institute at national and international forums. …

… involving academic faculty and researchers at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … genomics. Fungi can be better understood through reference genomes, but unfortunately there are not many available to … study. This is because most fungal clades have no reference genomes. It’s a key problem to solve because fungi are very …

… Matt is broadly interested in the interactions between microbial life and environment, and using metagenomics to study these complex natural systems. Microbial communities living in hard-to-reach places that … supports various CSP and FICUS user projects for the Metagenome Program. …

… moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each … and at HudsonAlpha. As the team discussed in a JGI podcast episode about the work, the effort to fully sequence the …

… interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the annual  … (CSP) call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … The work builds upon a pilot project to sequence antimicrobial-producing strains. Established by Handelsman, Tiny …

… To engineer yeast to do more, and understand genomes in general, Jef Boeke, Weimin Zhang (NYU Langone … the goal is to create an entirely human-generated yeast genome. …

… researchers are aiming to have two high quality reference genomes for peat-forming species that occupy different … – Sphagnum fallax and S. magellanicum. The draft genome for  S. fallax is already available on the  JGI plant portal Phytozome , and the S. magellanicum genome is currently being assembled. These resources would …