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… Dr. Yasuo Yoshikuni has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program is to harness the power of DNA synthesis, strain engineering, … and renewable chemicals, developing genome engineering tools for non-model organisms, modulating microbe-microbe …

… Mr. Schmutz’s involvement with the JGI dates back to 1997, when he was working for the Stanford Human … Jeremy Schmutz is the Plant Science Program Head at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major … BA in Biology, North Central College, Naperville, IL BS in …

… Dr. Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular … with Valérie de Crécy-Lagard on using comparative genomics to predict gene function in bacteria and leveraging molecular biology and reverse genetics to test those hypotheses. From 2011 – 2015, she worked with …

… Specializing in mass spectrometry-centered projects, Dr. Bowen’s work focuses on developing high-performance computing workflows and integrating mathematics and chemistry for advanced … BS – University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Chemical Engineering Ph. D. – … State University, Tempe, Chemical Engineering Post-doctoral positions – Arizona State University, Bioengineering & …

… Dr. Blow joined the JGI in 2009, and currently heads the Genome Analysis group. In this role he supervises … Genome Assembly, QA/QC, and User Support Analysis teams. Together, these teams provide analysis support and R&D for … BS in Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry, Nottingham University, UK PhD in …

… Since 2019 Dr. Blaby heads the Biodesign Platform at the Joint Genome Institute, … design and assembly, strain engineering and bioinformatic tool development/data analysis for synthetic biology and … B.Sc. (HONS) – University of Wales, Cardiff, Genetics Ph.D. – University of Cambridge., …

… Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics program. Prior to this, he … Brachypodium distachyon is a small annual grass that is well suited to experimental manipulation in the laboratory because of … BS in Plant Science, Cornell University, NY; PhD in Biology, …

… Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics … computing consultant, after completing a petascale postdoctoral fellowship at NERSC and LBNL’s Computational Research … methods for reacting subsurface flows, and evolved into scalable methods for scientific data analysis. In 2014 …