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The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial … communities, with results published in the  November 2022 issue of Microbiome . High-throughput stable isotope probing (SIP) …

For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … the fungus and alga, either separately or together, on nitrocellulose filters in Petri dishes. The scientists also … the alga has all the genes needed for meiosis, and thus can rapidly create genetic variation in its progeny. The study’s …

Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The … For that reason, its genome was sequenced by the JGI in 2009 and it is considered to be a Flagship Plant. By … of Drought Response in Sorghum (EPICON) is a five-year, multi-institution project funded by the DOE Office of …

A collaborative team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology (HudsonAlpha), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … biofuel yield through a changing future. Switchgrass has multiple naturally occurring ploidy levels, called …

… than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, … Jess Jarett, a postdoctoral fellow in Tanja Woyke’s Single Cells Group who mentored 2018 intern Akshay Paropkari, … the Women in STEM campus organization and is involved with multiple outreach programs promoting the advancement of …

… group. His research interests lie in use and development of bioinformatics tools for elucidation of biosynthetic gene … metabolism. … PhD in Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University (2003) MS in Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University (2000) BS in … (1996) … List available on Google Scholar … Education … Publications …

… human chromosomes 5, 16, and 19. Following the completion of the human genome project in 2003, he developed … science for JGI Plant Flagship Genomes and DOE relevant cellulosic feedstocks. Schmutz provides scientific project … Award … Plant Science Program … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …