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… FICUS programs and brings expertise in metagenomics and novel applications for long-read DNA sequencing. As a UEC … and help develop programs to increase participation from minority-serving institutions in JGI user programs. The … has been an active user of the JGI at any time in the past two fiscal years is eligible for election to the UEC. …
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… people in my group and my mentor looked over and was like, “why are you explaining phylogeny to people who have been … like building my code base, running jobs that take like two days to, like, go through working with data sets that … before so, getting to have this experience was very novel for me, and especially in like a biological field. …
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… 18-19, 2026 on the UC Berkeley campus. Organized every two years since 2018, the goal of this symposium is to bring … a mix of plenary talks, panel discussions, posters and networking sessions. Beyond providing an overview of the … discoveries related to functional characterization of novel viral diversity, molecular mechanisms of virus-host …
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… speakers who shared a look back at the JGI’s history, from its beginnings in the sequencing for the Human Genome … Office of Biological and Environmental Research “There are two kinds of scientific revolutions,” Ari Patrinos opened … so there was quite a bit of resistance to use resources to sequence it,” Patrinos said. After many more meetings and …
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… strategies for de novo sequencing of eukaryotic organisms from simple yeasts to large vertebrate genomes. For the … Bennetzen, JL & Schmutz, J et al. 2012. Reference genome sequence of the model plant Setaria. Nature Biotechnology … Nature 2010;463:763-8. Schmutz, J et al. 2010. Genome sequence of the palaeopolyploid soybean. Nature 4637278: …
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… From August 21-23, 2023, attendees joined the JGI Annual … organisms can do. And we need the field’s context to see why it matters.” As his career progressed, Hungate has … these amazing technologies that the JGI has to identify and sequence who’s making what, that the context at a microscale …
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… that the project had already received enthusiastic support from the JGI Director, Nigel Mouncey. Jonathan credits his … samples to the JGI for sequencing. While JGI processed, sequenced, and analyzed the soil samples, the JGI offered 7 … and Proteobacteria to be the most common phyla of bacteria sequenced from the metagenomic soil samples from the four …
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… A 2021 Nature paper announcing a high-quality reference sequence of the complex switchgrass genome , using samples from common gardens growing across the country. The national … DOE Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs) have expanded the network of common gardens and are exploring improvements to …
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… Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national … Institute (JGI)—have selected 11 proposals for support from 53 received through a joint research call. Submitted … influences the soil microbiome and biochemical reaction networks, and also assessing the role of viruses in the soil …
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… before. In 2006, the JGI produced 33 billion base pairs of sequence; by 2023, that number was almost 717 trillion. Last year, the JGI surpassed three Petabases of data sequenced — that’s three-quadrillion base pairs of DNA … users — have access to high-quality, assembled datasets from all of this information. The JGI aims to create …
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