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… Dr. Grigoriev joined the JGI in 2003, following his postdoctoral training at UC Berkeley and work in the pharmaceutical industry. He holds joint appointments as Fungal and Algal … geomics and PhycoCosm portal. Dr. Grigoriev engaged thousands of researchers in genome projects and organized …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that … to a pathogen. This ‘“alien’” organism — one previously unseen — is, in fact, a microscopic water mold, … scores of nurseries across the nation, elevating concerns about the pathogen to an all-time high. California …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). The … University of East Anglia was also approved to learn more about the roles of diatoms in carbon fixation and in aquatic …

… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address … scale: fungi stretch a network of tendrils called arbuscules into a plant’s root cells, and both organisms … circular capture areas roughly 55-microns in diameter — about the width of a human hair. At such resolution, this …

… function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights into how these ocean photosynthesizers cycle … an array of experiments at universities and national user facilities, researchers found that this protein detects … we were able to work with on this project to ask questions about structure and function,” Blaby-Haas said.  Looking at …

… the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working virtually with JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research projects, hone science presentation skills, and … foster a diverse future workforce in science. To learn more about each intern’s experience during their internship, …

… have diversified into an estimated 2–6 million species — dwarfing the diversity of plants. To put this evolutionary timescale in perspective, the genus Aspergillus has been evolving for 82 million years, … and ancient origins, fungi remain largely mysterious. Only about 200,000 fungal species have been named. Among those …

… Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The … and what escapes to the atmosphere in the form of greenhouse gases (e.g., carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous … than expected. The transcriptome data had suggested about a 50/50 split between fungal and bacterial enzymes. …

… estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global methane production. They are thought to use billions of tons of the carbon dioxide trapped in … on the global carbon cycle. All methanogenic archaea use one of three pathways for methanogenesis: …

… Pennacchio joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address wide-ranging questions existing in biology. He holds joint … at Stanford University where he uncovered the genetic cause of a rare form of human epilepsy and subsequently …

… the metabolomics program, and in 2019 became Platform Lead where she manages metabolomics production for community … the metabolomics capabilities and product offerings for JGI users.  Using cutting-edge mass spectrometry-based techniques, the … 1. Swift CL, Louie KB, Bowen BP, Olson HM, Purvine SO, Salamov …