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… Department at the Joint Genome Institute. His team of engineers and scientists builds and operates the data and … science.  Dr. Sneddon is an accomplished leader in data, software, compute, and AI for large-scale genomics and lab … Prior to joining JGI in late 2025, he served as Director of Scientific Computing at Predicine, an NGS-based clinical …

… emerging single-cell characterization technologies (scRNA-seq, Spatial Transcriptomics). … University of California, San Diego (PhD, 2011) Rensselaer Polytechnic … List of pubs available on NCBI … Implementation of the Index of Cell Identity as an R package … Selected Publications …

… the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His responsibilities include the development of novel computational tools to identify virus sequences, the design of new experimental approaches to link … Neri et al., 2023. Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of …

… to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes cycle carbon and sustain biomes via the development and application of advanced mass spectrometry approaches and model laboratory ecosystems (EcoFABs). … at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… 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 biosystems design … at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… human chromosomes 5, 16, and 19. Following the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, he developed sequencing, assembly, and improvement strategies for de novo sequencing of eukaryotic organisms from simple yeasts to … at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… 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 rates and carbon consumption of SAR11 bacteria, the most abundant bacterial group in the …

… Dr. Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials Initiative, a partnership … at Berkeley Lab. She is spearheading the development of a joint user capability between the JGI and Molecular … Microbiology and Cell Science in 2011 from the University of Florida, working with Valérie de Crécy-Lagard on using …

… Her current research focuses on leveraging thousands of metagenomic datasets from host-associated and … Fellow at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as part of the Marine Microbiology Initiative. She conducted her … at the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and her graduate work in …

… National Laboratory where he focused on functional genomics of phototrophs. Through this and post-doctoral positions at University of Florida and UCLA he has worked with a wide range of … with a view to developing a deeper understanding of sequence-based gene function. …

… years where he was a driving force behind the development of numerous genomic resources that fostered the widespread adoption of Brachypodium distachyon as an experimental model for the … on developing plant functional genomic resources (e.g. sequenced mutant collections, transformation technology, …

… After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products and their derivatives during … at the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2004. The main object of her research was the symbiont community of a gutless … is the Microbial Science Program Head as well as our Deputy of User Programs. Click to learn more about the program's …