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… has closed.  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is offering a five-day workshop on Microbial Genomics and Metagenomics. Details: mgm.jgi.doe.gov   This highly hands-on … designed to familiarize users with the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data and workflows for …

… decades of technological development, dozens of reference genomes and thousands of resequenced sorghum varieties, a … addition to bolstering sorghum fields, understanding this plant eventually offers avenues for translating its … to build this pangenome, including a reassembly of the BTx623 reference genome. This cultivar has been the reference …

… A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum … potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, as a species, encompasses dizzying diversity. … of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link the plant’s varying traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, …

… including the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … browser that allows other researchers to study the genomes and predict the metabolic abilities of these … also used the tool to predict possible functions from 733 metagenome-assembled rumen genomes. Finally, they used the …

… included researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … a team of researchers sought to disrupt every gene in the genome with CRISPR-Cas9 in order to interrogate each one’s … CRISPR-Cas9 relies on RNA with a short guiding sequence (20 bp) that directs the endonuclease where to cut, but these …

… The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single set of chromosomes, are … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute was supported by the Office of Science of …

… The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is committed to advancing the field … and maximize the benefit to society. Inspired by the Human Genome Project (HGP), and building upon the principles for … and reinforced by the  Fort Lauderdale Agreement (2003), the JGI recognized the need to engage the community …

… are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of … symbiotic interactions are difficult to study in the lab. Metagenomics provides new views of these relationships.  … the microorganisms had a close relationship. Then, using metagenomes and metatranscriptomes generated by the U.S. …