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Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). They are: Ivan Baxter of the … Along with the existing UEC members, their areas of study span the research interests of the JGI’s user …

JGI's Simon Roux describes the structure and content of the IMG/VR v3 database (img.jgi.doe.gov/vr), the … of IMG database dedicated to viral genomes assembled from metagenomes. He also demonstrates briefly how to leverage … through the more than 2 million viral sequences available in IMG/VR v3. …

… enabled by the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes … “The JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program has been instrumental in establishing larger-scale research projects in … project. “I view the program as an excellent platform to build collaborative research initiatives.” Yasuo Yoshikuni , …

The Joint Genome Institute's DNA Synthesis Platform capabilities support researchers exploring how to convert sequence into functional assessments. This is done by … CRISPR gRNA design tool  … BOOST provides a suite of tools to automate sequence design for assembly by …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … (affectionately known as “Chlamy” to those who study it) a powerful reference organism for studying … upon an interesting observation in Chlamy. Most plants require the nutrient copper for photosynthesis; Chlamy does …

New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science Shiitake mushrooms get … genus Lentinula, which have evolved to decompose hardwoods on every continent besides Europe and Antarctica. A  new … the family tree for Lentinula. Within those samples, this study also tracks the enzymes these fungi use to break down …

Marcel is in charge of several production pipelines (gene calling, … and methylomics) that run on microbial genomes and metagenomes. He also works on automating intra-department …

A two-day kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) marked the visit of an … interdisciplinary delegation from the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany with the aim of intensifying … latest advancements in imaging-related technology and instrument-analytical methods.  “The microfluidic devices we …

In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint Genome Institute … recently published a Nature Communications paper that builds off their early collaborations that could help crop … These days, Session is starting his lab at Binghamton “studying polyploids and transposon evolution, expanding on …

Microbes drive critical ecosystem functions and affect global nutrient cycling, however they do so under strong constraints exerted by viruses. Research in the viral …

… is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements … work for difficult user projects, including those that require fluorescence activated cell sorting and non-standard …