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… Despite their diminutive stature, “short plants” such as mosses could be uniquely powerful in helping scientists link plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — had an unexpected …

… tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth outnumber the stars in the Milky … viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, scientists at the DOE Joint Genome … viruses are likely to infect, and (iii) identifying the genetic traits of the viruses to better understand their …

… Dr. Mouncey joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2017 as the fourth Director in its 27-year history. He has a wealth of managerial experience from almost 20 years in the … Dr. Mouncey has a long-standing interest in microbial genetics that started with his education and carried forward …

… Cas14 proteins discovered from JGI’s IMG/M database and biochemically … Institute.  The Science Researchers report the discovery of miniature Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short … editing is being advanced as a potential therapy for both genetic and complex disease. Finally, gene editing is being …

… have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … approved CSP New Investigator proposal to understand the genetic basis of fungal community assembly on dead wood …

… genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science Considered the … most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the … in  Nature by an international consortium. With the genetic code of sugarcane, researchers were able to map the …

… Dr. Malmstrom is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements … isolating individual bacterial cells and amplifying their genetic material, thus bypassing the need to culture these …

… The US Department of Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re the fastest growing trees in the Northern Hemisphere, making them … Laboratory scientists who have uncovered remarkable genetic secrets that bring us closer to making poplar an …

… researchers have known that many datasets miss a key part of microbial genomes: the mobile genetic elements, or MGEs, that can move between organisms. But now, deep sequencing and new analysis methods are bringing this mobilome into …

… Mr. Schmutz’s involvement with the JGI dates back to 1997, when he was … human chromosomes 5, 16, and 19. Following the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, he developed … for de novo sequencing of eukaryotic organisms from simple yeasts to large vertebrate genomes.  For the past 13 years, …

… with C. richardii The Science Fern genomes are huge, and incredibly complex — making it difficult to grasp a deeper understanding of fundamental aspects of fern biology and, more broadly, … or life-saving drugs. A better understanding of its genetic complexities will illuminate the evolutionary …

… diversity hotspots Over the past few decades, advancements in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of microbial genomes becoming available to the global … the estimated diversity of Bacteria and Archaea With phylogenetic diversity standing in as a representative measure of …