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JGI@25: The Human Genome Project, or the JGI’s Origin Story
In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … challenges.   The Human Genome Project began in 1990 when the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) partnered with … with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Publications Grimwood, J., Gordon, L., Olsen, A. et al. The …
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Complete genome sequence of the termite hindgut bacterium Spirochaeta coccoides type strain (SPN1T), reclassification in the genus Sphaerochaeta as Sphaerochaeta coccoides comb. nov. and emendations of the family Spirochaetaceae and the genus
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Genome sequence of the thermophilic fresh-water bacterium Spirochaeta caldaria type strain (H1T), reclassification of Spirochaeta caldaria, Spirochaeta stenostrepta and Spirochaeta zuelzerae in the genus Treponema as Treponema caldaria comb. nov.,
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Getting to the Bottom of Fungal Functions Across Earth’s Forests
Across four forests, researchers have leveraged data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections between … registers the sound — one thing is for sure: there are lots of fungi around. Within a forest’s soil, hundreds of species …
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Rex Malmstrom
Dr. Malmstrom 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 … dissertation in life sciences 2006 … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …
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Designer DNA: JGI Helps Users Blaze New Biosynthetic Pathways
A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research … the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program, which started in 2012, and what they’ve discovered through their … more than 10 papers, including two Nature Plants publications, in five years, have come out of the …
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Toward More Reproducible, Reusable Stable Isotope Probing Experiments
As SIP experiments shed more light on microbial communities than ever before — especially with the prospect of meta-analyses boosted by AI and Machine Learning — JGI … version of a specific chemical, where ordinary Carbon-12 atoms are swapped for the heavier, non-radioactive …
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How to Target a Microbial Needle within a Community Haystack
A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental … User Facility, is supported under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. This study was funded by the Max Planck Society. …
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Mindfully Moving JGI
JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the production sequencing labs in Building 100 were …
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I-Min (Amy) Chen
Dr. I-Min A. Chen received her Ph.D. in Computer Science. Her research … data modeling, and biological data management. She was one of the co-authors and key developers of the Object-Protocol … of Application Development Systems at Gene Logic, Inc. from 1997 to 2005, responsible for the development of key … in an Academic Setting, SSDBM 14, July 2014 … Selected Publications …
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What Happens Underground Influences Global Nutrient Cycles
DOE user facilities EMSL and JGI announce FY 2020 collaborative FICUS … for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national user … and the  DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)—have selected 11 proposals for support from 53 received through a joint …
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A Collaboration to Improve Plant Genome Annotations Across Species
To provide broad plant genomic capabilities, the DOE Joint Genome … which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and HudsonAlpha researchers led … Gene Atlas in  Nucleic Acids Research . The project spans 15 years and involves more than 17 research groups. The team …
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