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… The Prokaryote Advisory Committee is chartered to offer advice, … scientific relevance and quality. The Committee does not perform management functions nor does it direct the Programs' …

… The CSP Functional Genomics call is to enable users to perform state-of-the-art functional genomics research and to help them … All proposals will be externally peer-reviewed for scientific merit, DOE mission relevance , proposed data usage by the applicant/community, and track record of the applicant.  Learn about the general review process or …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The Science To better … in early fungi and discovered genes that are critical for this process. The Impact In the absence of the … model, the team was able to reconstruct the reproductive pathways in several branches of the fungal kingdom, …

… year, the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from … these functions gives researchers the tools to build engineering applications in support of advancing the … engineering microbial enzymes that unlock novel biochemical pathways, to exploring how microbes metabolize and mobilize …

… A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics … approaches including amplicon and metagenomic sequencing. For example, they showed that the composition of the … In these springs, temperatures can reach as high as 80°C (~190°F), yet microbes thrive here. The communities in this …

… The chromosome-scale genome sequence of trifoliate orange yields clues to disease-resistance that could prove fruitful for saving Citrus from greening disease. You’ve probably … published in  The Plant Journal.  this study included the discovery of candidate genes that confer resistance to …

… Meta-omics datasets show that CRISPR-Cas systems determine … The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet … how these hosts and hitchhikers coexist is key for understanding their impact on wider ecosystems, but …

… Congratulations to Jennifer Doudna of the University of California (UC), Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National … resulted in several papers, including one in 2018 on the discovery of miniature CRISPR-associated proteins that can … nature was using it to do something important.” Related Publications:  A scoutRNA Is Required for Some Type V …

… The CSP New Investigator Call is for investigators and research initiatives new to the JGI. Projects must be independent of ongoing JGI proposals, and lead PIs cannot have been lead … All proposals will be externally peer-reviewed for scientific merit, DOE mission relevance , proposed data …

… works in partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and HudsonAlpha researchers led … urea showed nitrogen and amino acid-specific metabolic pathways were overrepresented in the nitrate-subjected …

… For the last 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for … as a typical monthly JGI All-Hands Meeting, after a couple of perfunctory items, the agenda went off the rails – … Institute and Deputy for Operations Biological Systems & Engineering Division. “I feel so lucky that I get to have …