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… projects. Through the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy … DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)—have selected 11 proposals for support from 53 received through a joint research call. … omics and computational resources with JGI’s cutting-edge genomics, DNA synthesis and complementary capabilities. …