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Busting the Unbreakable Lignin
New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … anaerobic fungi could be used to effectively modify lignin without oxygen and make use of it, it would change the …
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JGI-KBase Panel at SACNAS
Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any …
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JGI Launches Latest Strategic Plan
For the Joint Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one … the JGI and KBase in the heart of the Lab’s 200-acre campus—with the big move from leased space in Walnut Creek, Calif. …
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Massive lateral transfer of genes encoding plant cell wall-degrading enzymes to the mycoparasitic fungus Trichoderma from its plant-associated hosts
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Host population diversity as a driver of viral infection cycle in wild populations of green sulfur bacteria with long standing virus-host interactions
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David Goodstein
With a background in experimental and computational surface … focused on building tools to facilitate expert curation of human gene models in support of JGI’s contributions to … plant genomics.      Nucleic Acids Research 40, D1178. Publications … Scientific Advisory Board member, InterMine …
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The Mutualist Laccaria bicolor Expresses a Core Gene Regulon During the Colonization of Diverse Host Plants and a Variable Regulon to Counteract Host-Specific Defenses.
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The Genomes of the Fungal Plant Pathogens Cladosporium fulvum and Dothistroma septosporum Reveal Adaptation to Different Hosts and Lifestyles But Also Signatures of Common Ancestry
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Transcriptomics reveal a mechanism of niche defense: two beneficial root endophytes deploy an antimicrobial GH18‐CBM5 chitinase to protect their hosts
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Access to Rock Star Scientists
Through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo Kaze, Akshay Paropkari, … their work delivered during the 5th anniversary celebration of the internship program. Candace Cole, UC Merced JGI Mentors : Ben Cole & Axel Visel, Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions “The summer internship has further …
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Len Pennacchio
In 2003, Dr. Pennacchio joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address wide-ranging … technical JGI directions for DOE User science. … Complete Publications Genomic Technologies Program Defining the vast …
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Designer DNA: JGI Helps Users Blaze New Biosynthetic Pathways
A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research … more than 10 papers, including two Nature Plants publications, in five years, have come out of the … in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, …
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