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… Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants conquer land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… The Micro-Scale Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge … approaches.  Our group also seeks out new approaches that utilize microfluidics/microdroplet technology in order to … The JGI uniquely offers the first quantitative Stable Isotope …

… Leveraging massive comparative genomics to decode millions of mystery genes and lay a … with the Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI)’s Fungal and Algal Science Program and JGI users have … allows for revealing patterns that would be invisible when studying species in isolation. The comparative power has …

… by viruses. Research in the viral genomics group aims at improving our collective understanding of ecological and … communities. This involves both experimental and computational exploration of uncultivated viral diversity, characterization of … measurements ( Who is active when/where, and how? ). The JGI Viral Genomics group attempts to address this question …

… The latest edition of the JGI Progress Report highlights notable … lake east of California’s Yosemite National Park, taken by JGI’s own Jon Bertsch. Microbes isolated from Mono Lake were …

… Trained on environmental data, a new JGI tool more accurately facilitates microbial … conducted by JGI users. These datasets include an extensive 25-year study of microbial communities in freshwater … Biological and Environmental Research (BER) missions. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The Science … and experimented with the fungi and bacteria, while the DOE JGI team sequenced and annotated a host genome (Rm ATCC … reliant on the continued presence of the bacteria. By studying the Rm-Burkholderia symbiosis model, the team was …

… In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint Genome Institute with Dan Rokhsar, who also … Session and Rokhsar, building on work with former JGI postdoc Jarrod Chapman, developed a method to correctly … These days, Session is starting his lab at Binghamton “studying polyploids and transposon evolution, expanding on …

… and importance in the fabric of our lives. In the United States, cotton production centers around two varieties: 95 … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … cotton genome ( G. raimondii ) several years ago. Studying the cotton genomes provides breeders with insights …

… more broadly, land plant evolution. Recent findings in Ceratopteris richardii show a long history of dynamic evolution … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … the OGG. For a long time, C-fern has served as a model for studying ferns and for teaching plant biology. It is typical …

… Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, … the sequencing lab. So today, Chris Daum walks through the JGI’s sequencing pipeline, where there are freezers with …

… FY2025 Spending Profile The JGI is funded primarily by the DOE …