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… works on food crops specifically, “[At the JGI] we do use Phaseolus as a test model quite frequently for R&D in plant genomics, because it is an inbred dicot,” Schmutz explained, meaning the … The original reference genome yielded what are now widely-used molecular markers, and slow-darkening has become …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … enabled in part through  JGI’s  Community Science Program (CSP) , as several approved proposals have contributed toward … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported under Contract No. …

The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using oxygen) to remove lignin … into  biofuels and bioproducts. If anaerobic fungi could be used to effectively modify lignin without oxygen and make use of it, it would change the entire landscape of biomass …

… through the Department of Energy-funded National Labs, User Facilities and Programs, and introduce best practices … to gain research experience and how students were able to use these experiences to get credit for their scientific … Roles Taxonomy and what sorts of platforms researchers use to manage their scientific contributions, such as the …

The JGI’s Microbial Program focuses on using cutting-edge sequencing, annotation and … and ecosystem management. … The Microbial Program focuses on using advanced sequencing technologies to explore … with microeukaryotes. The program also studies giant viruses. Key research areas include terrestrial biogeochemical …

… new views of these relationships.  Recently , researchers used population genomics to find that while archaeal … However, no microbe works alone. Archaea, bacteria, and viruses all operate in concert to form the foundation of this deep Earth ecosystem. For example, when certain viruses attack, their archaeal hosts release organic carbon. …

… and functional genomic data and serving them to users via the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes … Team    … The Integrated Microbial Genomes group is focused on:  Developing state-of-the-art data processing and … species. Within the JGI’s production pipeline, ANI is used to ascertain the species specificity of single cells …

… a paper in the journal Science . It detailed how they’d used metagenomics to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. The data from that study is now used across California State University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based …