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Genome Sequence of the Mesophilic Thermotogales Bacterium Mesotoga prima MesG1.Ag.4.2 Reveals the Largest Thermotogales Genome To Date
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A Genomic Perspective Across Earth’s Microbiomes Reveals That Genome Size in Archaea and Bacteria Is Linked to Ecosystem Type and Trophic Strategy
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JGI@25 RECAP: 2022 Annual Meeting features historical perspectives on JGI’s 25 years
… As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 Annual Meeting featured speakers who shared a … from its beginnings in the sequencing for the Human Genome Project out to the future of the institution. Their … that the JGI’s very first project — the revolutionary work of the human genome project, which spanned nearly two …
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From Berkeley to Binghamton: Tracking Strawberry Evolution
… In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint Genome Institute with Dan Rokhsar, who also holds a joint …
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A chromosome‐scale reference genome of trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata) provides insights into disease resistance, cold tolerance and genome evolution in Citrus
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Preferential retention of genes from one parental genome after polyploidy illustrates the nature and scope of the genomic conflicts induced by hybridization
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Refined annotation and assembly of the Tetrahymena thermophila genome sequence through EST analysis, comparative genomic hybridization, and targeted gap closure
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The Power of One, Amplified
… metagenomics studies. The Science Researchers demonstrated the value of conducting large-scale single cell … a single low diversity hot spring sediment sample. Their work showed that single cell genomics can add significant … mobile genetic elements that were missed within paired metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs), and that dominant …
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An Enzyme System to Help Catalyze Bioproduction of Plastic
… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane reductase system, researchers … this enzymatic machinery has potential as an industrial workhorse. As these enzymes cleave the sulfur from gasses, … they worked with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …
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Rex Malmstrom
… is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first … bacterial group in the ocean. Later during his postdoctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he … genomics pipeline that provides JGI users access to the genomes of uncultured microbes.  His group also handles the …
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Nikos Kyrpides
… Dr. Kyrpides joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2004 to lead the Genome Biology Program and the development of the … at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and at Argonne National Laboratory. Dr. Kyrpides’ research focus on … BA in Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece PhD in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, …
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JGI Contributes Nine to 2022 Highly Cited Researchers List
… This year’s list features 6,900 researchers working in 21 fields.  Congratulations to the  2022 Highly Cited Researchers from … the JGI is sequencing thousands of bacterial and archaeal genomes from diverse branches of the Tree of Life.  Its … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …
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