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… of the bacteria potentially holds the key to discovering new antiviral medicines and treatments for infectious … other related organisms, requires using more specialized tools, skills and protocols,” explained Hiroshi Otani, an … Otani is also a scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science …

… Streamlined genome with precise gene targeting transforms … capability for Auxenochlorella means engineers can produce new bioproducts in a more predictable and reliable manner. … oil production. The organism uses specific chemical tags on DNA  to control which genes are active. Researchers also …

… mentor. By contributing to projects that will help them build skills and tools, they gain invaluable scientific and technical … insights they gained from their mentors, and apply their newfound knowledge to future career paths.  To learn more …

… advances in sequencing technologies and bioinformatic tools have helped decode the genomes of tens of thousands of … snippets of microbial genomes directly from environmental sequence data, by piecing each genome together from large … another might exhibit few limitations to interactions and new connections, thus sharing more ideas, similar to the …

… Field MRI Centre in Vienna, where he first stumbled from software development into building productive infrastructure in close collaboration … and a staunch supporter of open source development processes. This expresses itself in the open approach JGI …

… Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been … research activity is focused on developing and implementing new technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery … of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he studied transcriptional regulation, metabolism and …

… has historically been limited due to the lack of robust tools available for carrying CRISPR into microorganisms. … luminescens and its secondary metabolites work could yield new tools for pest control. Secondary metabolites are highly … gene and mutually exclusive lox sites. Ultimately, this process enables researchers to identify strains able to …

… On February 8, 2024, the DOE Joint Genome Institute and the Environmental Molecular … National Laboratory when applying to the FY2024 EMSL-JGI FICUS collaborative proposal call . Letters of Intent … power of genomics and molecular characterization from the JGI and EMSL in one proposed research project. In the same …