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… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist … Roux , who was recently selected as the 2025 recipient of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Roux leads the Viral Genomics group within the JGI Metagenome Program, and coordinates the …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … challenges. In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was published in the …

… Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … paper , researchers focused on the full composition of genes, or pangenome, of the model plant  Marchantia … in flowering plants, or angiosperms, suggesting they are evolutionarily conserved across plant lineages. They …

… Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and …   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass breakdown. They’ve spent millions of years … a rumen sample, you’re going to find beautiful diversity.”  Within that diversity of bacteria and fungi, O’Malley and …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Within days of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that …

… Sustainable Berkeley Lab maintains a  calendar of Earth Month events throughout April. This year, a new … striving for sustainability in lab spaces as well as offices. These efforts dovetail into sustainability … on years of collaboration on sustainability efforts within the JGI. Within the JGI, that work is staff-led. …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference … models, Miscanthus has a large and complex genome whose evolutionary history and perennial lifecycle makes it … Innovation, which is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and …

… which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and HudsonAlpha researchers led … set of RNA molecules transcribed from all the genes within a cell or tissue at a specific time or under specific … allowed us to pinpoint and rank biologically relevant and evolutionarily conserved genes that could be potential …

… have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of … feedback on pangenome tool development. Maurice is a fungal evolutionary ecologist with interests in understanding which …

… still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have both the machinery to make … , researchers led by Hal Alper at The University of Texas at Austin and Michael Jewett of Northwestern … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… for a sustainable bioeconomy. Mission  As a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility, we provide advanced genomic … A record number of primary users — 2,456 — had active proposals with us, … processed 13,700 metabolomics samples With our users, 247 publications were published   …

… more to come in 2020. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley … Igor Grigoriev took readers on a quick romp through the  evolution and domestication of yeast , a model eukaryote. …