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… More than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, … Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi …

… interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his focus was primarily on how plants interpret different light cues by altering … plant roots, focusing on genetic components required for effective colonization. In addition, Dr. Cole is focusing on …

… DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, Keedrian Olmstead was back on campus at the University of California, Merced to start …

… Dr. Yasuo Yoshikuni has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program is to harness the power of DNA synthesis, … of macroalgae as an environmentally sustainable and cost-effective biomass for production of renewable fuels and …

… working for the Stanford Human Genome Center, now the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. There he constructed … human chromosomes 5, 16, and 19. Following the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, he developed … assembly, and improvement strategies for de novo sequencing of eukaryotic organisms from simple yeasts to large …

… Dr. Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials Initiative, a partnership … at Berkeley Lab. She is spearheading the development of a joint user capability between the JGI and Molecular … University of Florida, working with Valérie de Crécy-Lagard on using comparative genomics to predict gene function in …

… spectrometry-centered projects, Dr. Bowen’s work focuses on developing high-performance computing workflows and … for advanced analysis, modeling, and data integration. Dr. Bowen’s expertise in spectral alignment, molecular … discoveries, supporting the DOE’s Biological and Environmental Research user community in their bioenergy and …

… these teams provide analysis support and R&D for production and user science. He received his Ph.D. from the Wellcome … Blow carried out postdoctoral work at LBNL, where he worked on computational and experimental approaches to study genome regulation … Nottingham University, UK PhD in Genomics, University of Cambridge, UK Postdoctoral training Wellcome Trust Sanger …

… with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, after completing a petascale postdoctoral … 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 …