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… Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop … (Berkeley Lab), has produced a high-quality reference sequence of the complex switchgrass  genome using samples … many parts of the country also helped the team understand why some switchgrass plants from the Northeast have traits …

… Analysis reveals the microbial community involved in a … PCE (perchloroethylene) found its way into the groundwater of several communities in New Mexico via leakage from a … and 2010. DNA was extracted from the samples that were sequenced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …

… Tanja Woyke and other JGI researchers made their debut … Institute in the UK — a nonprofit that was founded to help sequence the human genome. Today, the Sanger Institute … hot topics in genomics.” And it makes sense to Woyke why JGI would have this role. “We work with leaders in …

… A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in … Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead it to the correct sequence to snip — but not all guides are effective. To … Department of Energy’s goal of producing sustainable fuels from alternative sources. Moreover, the team says the …

… Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in … locations.  One group investigated changes in protein sequences, while others analyzed single point mutations …

… On September 1, JGI held a JGI Engagement: Pro Tips for Successful Community Science … and relevance to the DOE’s mission.  Have someone proofread your proposal to make sure the goals, experimental … in their proposal as long as they’re staying under the sequence cap? A(nswer): Proposals that are looking at …

… By leveraging new tools and large-scale data mining, JGI researchers … time. They also discovered more than 6,000 mitochondrial sequences previously unrecognized within existing public … genome reported before this study. A statistical comparison of evolutionary trees built from mitochondrial …

… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights … of that machine — photosynthesizers’ DNA and RNA. These sequences provide a list of machine parts, and an idea of … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …

… Dr. Mouncey joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2017 as the fourth Director in its 27-year history. He has a wealth of managerial experience from almost 20 years in the … on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel production organisms and fermentation processes for …