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Calculating the Costs of Multiple Switchgrass Gene Copies
… (HudsonAlpha), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, has discovered that the candidate …
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Leadership
… This group is responsible for institutional strategic planning, talent management, and … the direction of programs and initiatives to enhance the JGI’s preeminence as a national resource. Members report to the JGI Director. …
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High-Quality Draft Genome Sequences of the Uncultured Delta3 Endosymbiont (Deltaproteobacteria) Assembled from Metagenomes of the Gutless Marine Worm Olavius algarvensis
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Refinement of the “Candidatus Accumulibacter” genus based on metagenomic analysis of biological nutrient removal (BNR) pilot-scale plants operated with reduced aeration
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Simon Roux Named 2025 ASM Microbiome Data Prize Awardee
… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who was recently selected … management best practices that have advanced the microbial sciences. The Prize also recognizes innovative and impactful …
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An Enzyme Family that Helped Shape Nitrogen Metabolism on Our Planet
… published in  The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences bridges this gap, by tracing the evolution of a … Wisconsin-Madison as well as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …
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Ronald de Vries
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Metagenome Sequence Analysis of Filamentous Microbial Communities Obtained from Geochemically Distinct Geothermal Channels Reveals Specialization of Three Aquificales Lineages
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Igor Grigoriev
… Dr. Grigoriev joined the JGI in 2003, following his postdoctoral training at UC … joint appointments as Fungal and Algal Program Head at the JGI, a Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National … of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of California, Berkeley. He contributed to the Human Genome Project …
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An Age of CRAGE: Advances in Rapidly Engineering Non-model Bacteria
… A group led by JGI scientists have made strides in improving and applying a … addition to the synthetic biologist’s toolkit: a technique for  c hassis (or strain)-independent  r ecombinase- a … select group of bacterial strains as part of the Community Science Program (CSP)  Functional Genomics proposal call. …
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Panel Discussion: Launching & Sustaining Startups in Synthetic Biology
… The Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area Entrepreneurship Program presents… Eyes on the … (Cyclotron Road company) Hosted by Nigel Mouncey, Director, DOE Joint Genome Institute Read a synthesis from the panel discussion  here . Contact  Robin Johnston for followup questions.     …
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Inaugural Critical Minerals & Materials Joint Research Portfolio Announced
… 20 proposals were selected by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Molecular Foundry (TMF) for their collaborative … of research proposals integrates genomics with nanoscale science, all aimed at accelerating discoveries and … The Joint Genome Institute and Molecular Foundry are DOE Office of Science user facilities. They provide …
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