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… one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. On July 1, 2020, that all changed. Ray’s vigilant stewardship as JGI’s Operations Deputy has come to a close as this previously retired Naval Commander … User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE …

… studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his focus was … Dr. Cole is focusing on how individual plant cells respond to their biotic environment using emerging single-cell … characterization technologies (scRNA-seq, Spatial Transcriptomics). …

… Dr. Grigoriev joined the JGI in 2003, following his postdoctoral training at UC Berkeley and work in the pharmaceutical … of diverse eukaryotic genomes, from protists to plants. In 2009, he launched the JGI Fungal Genomics program which … the Fungal & Algal Science Program Head at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major …

… Mr. Schmutz’s involvement with the JGI dates back to 1997, when he was working for the Stanford Human Genome … 19. Following the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, he developed sequencing, assembly, and improvement … novo sequencing of eukaryotic organisms from simple yeasts to large vertebrate genomes.  For the past 13 years, Mr. …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The … model, researchers also generated the first transcriptomic dataset of sexual reproduction in early fungi and discovered … JGI team sequenced and annotated a host genome (Rm ATCC 52813) as part of the 1000 Fungal Genomes project. As …

… strategy we are far more familiar with: differentiating into male and female sexes. For the first time, the sex … shrub willow have been sequenced with sufficient resolution to analyze their structure. Scientists found both a gene … or the poplar tree, are potential biofuel feedstocks of interest to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). …

… Chloroplast mimic a platform to capture and utilize carbon in a synthetic fixation cycle. … them to test composition variants. Summary In the  May 8, 2020 issue of  Science , a team led by Tobias Erb, director of … a DOE Office of Science User Facility (contract no. DE-AC02-05CH11231) with T.J.E. as grantee. J.-C.B. acknowledges …

… fungi are part of the genus Lentinula, which have evolved to decompose hardwoods on every continent besides Europe and … from around the world. By complete sequencing of 24 new mushroom genomes, and assembling genomes from 60 … of Lentinula species.The Lentinula genus diverged roughly 28 million years ago, when the largest mammal …

… help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . … the multiple advances in sequencing technologies applied to the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including … it is a major part of the flora, fire moss has adapted to conditions such as UV irradiation, heavy metal …

… crops The Science Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) led a team that  identified a protein … increased lignin and iron, engineered poplar can be used to develop bioproducts for industrial applications. For … User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). because of its utility for …

… bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant world facilitating the remixing … bacterial enzymes. Honey bees rely on their gut microbiota to produce these enzymes to break down polysaccharides. But …

… in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October … after countless generations of sequencing platforms (up to 120 sequencing machines at maximum) maintained by a workforce … Turner. How extensive? Consider that the process of moving 250 people and their equipment from 4 single-story buildings …