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… closely with staff to understand the data-intensive nature of JGI workloads. Dr. Fagnan was appointed CIO of the JGI in 2016, and in 2018 was hired to be the JGI’s … Methodologies workshops. In 2018, Dr. Fagnan was part of the Gordon Bell prizewinning team at the Supercomputing …

… most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the … by an international consortium. With the genetic code of sugarcane, researchers were able to map the location of genes that provide resistance to the brown rust disease …

… A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s carbon as well as material that can be converted to energy, are made up heavily of sphagnum mosses.  New research identifies sex chromosomes …

… really fully exist back then,” said Hal Alper, a University of Texas at Austin professor, “but we really first heard about the JGI synthesis … “I moved to UC Davis in 2014,” recalled Philipp Zerbe of the University of California, Davis. “The work with JGI … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but most species do not grow easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists usually employ two …

… to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes cycle carbon and sustain biomes via the development and application of advanced mass spectrometry approaches and model laboratory ecosystems (EcoFABs). … at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… to global oceans. Through the Community Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, 24 large-scale proposals … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… in sequences affect traits. In a text file, the rows of letters A, T, C and G appearing over and over in a dizzying array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the absence of all the other letters of the alphabet. Yet the specific … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the annual  Community Science Program (CSP) call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … The work builds upon a pilot project to sequence antimicrobial-producing strains. Established by Handelsman, Tiny …

… Sustainable Berkeley Lab maintains a  calendar of Earth Month events throughout April. This year, a new … striving for sustainability in lab spaces as well as offices. These efforts dovetail into sustainability … looking at the overall greenhouse gas impacts from all of our operations,” said Brie Fulton, program manager for  …

… crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … varieties that have high productivity across a range of environments is becoming increasingly important for food, … is a perennial grass that quickly grows in a variety of soils and water conditions, standing taller than …

… Department at the Joint Genome Institute. His team of engineers and scientists builds and operates the data and … science.  Dr. Sneddon is an accomplished leader in data, software, compute, and AI for large-scale genomics and lab … Prior to joining JGI in late 2025, he served as Director of Scientific Computing at Predicine, an NGS-based clinical …