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A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a … traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, etc. — to its genes. The undertaking took shovels, trucks — and more than …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … of Missouri said he and his colleagues had identified 1,110 genes involved in lipid metabolism.  “There’s still a lot of …

Dr. Rokhsar joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2000 as the founding … directed towards the sequencing, annotation, and analysis of three human chromosomes. After successful completion of … IBM Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY … Publications … 2018 Marthella Foskett Brown Chair, …

… function in bacteria. Since 2016, he has been the lead of the User Support Analysis group. The group performs … et al 2018. Mutant phenotypes for thousands of bacterial genes of unknown function. Nature 557:503-509. Blow et al … board member for Scientific Reports … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Service …

Back in 2011, JGI-supported researchers published a paper in the … they’d used metagenomics to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. The data from that study is now used across … University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource experience. Hear …

Congratulations to Jane Grimwood, who has been appointed the Loretta Purdy Spencer Chair in Genomics at the … Biotechnology! Loretta Spencer served as a manyterm mayor of Huntsville, Alabama and is known for her contributions to … large-scale multi-institutional JGI projects and resulting publications that Grimwood contributed to include: A 2021 …

Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria (phototrophs) in Antarctica’s Ace Lake defy the … with light availability. A long-running time-series study offers a first glimpse into a full season’s cycle of this …

New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … JGI data portals and pipelines helped identify potential genes responsible for lignin deconstruction. (The JGI also … biotechnological opportunities.  … The authors acknowledge their funding sources: Office of Biological and …

… best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their local environments; for example, crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … genome, and these gardens allow researchers to test what genes affect the plant’s adaptability to various …