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… Biology is currently experiencing a revolution brought on by rapid developments in genomics and other omics technologies.  The exponential growth of DNA sequencing data, coupled with recent … 2014), unearthing hundreds of thousands of new viral genomes and their predicted hosts (Nature 2016, Science …

… In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint Genome Institute … organisms may evolve.  Determining the genetic codes of plants is often challenging because in many plants … developed a method to correctly identify polyploid subgenomes without needing to know the genomes of their …

… is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements of in situ growth rates and carbon consumption of SAR11 bacteria, the most abundant … genomics pipeline that provides JGI users access to the genomes of uncultured microbes.  His group also handles the …

… decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise gene targeting in the genome in the November 2025 issue of The Plant Cell. Auxenochlorella is an allodiploid hybrid of two … develop genome-scale engineering technologies to control plants and microbes for bioproducts and biomaterial …

… recognize that crop varieties grow best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their local environments; for … test genetic hypotheses in species with large and complex genomes,” said Lovell. “However, new sequencing technologies … of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in …

… of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to reconstruct and model gene regulatory pathways used by the … and decide on the order in which this fungus breaks down plant cell wall materials including lignin, cellulose and … enriching the work being done as part of the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project. Funding for the project was also provided …

… of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). They are: Ivan Baxter of the … Baxter is a principal investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, where his group focuses on … decomposition. She’s also participated in the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project and has an interest in cross-disciplinary …

… Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three groups focused on HTP DNA design and assembly, strain engineering and … development/data analysis for synthetic biology and functional genomics. Prior to joining the JGI, he was a group lead at Brookhaven National Laboratory where he focused on functional genomics of …

… Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his focus was primarily on how plants interpret different light cues by altering their … List of pubs available on NCBI … Implementation of the Index of Cell Identity as an R package …

… A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But … of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link the plant’s varying traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … is a pioneer in metagenomic studies, recovering microbial genomes from biofilm samples at the Richmond Mine in Iron … and metabolism through reconstruction of microbial genomes from the environment . Nature. 2004. 428, 37–43 …

… Congratulations to the 2023 Highly Cited Researchers from the … work included investigating sphagnum moss and the role the plant’s sex plays in its resiliency, as well as a Nature … He was also senior author on a study which identified new genomes highlighting the diversity of white rot fungi in the …