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The soybean is a crop that could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. So in 2010, the JGI helped publish the original genome sequence for the soybean, Glycine max. With a full genome sequence, researchers have been able to look into soybean’s strengths – along with a fungus that …

… at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to North America: guayule.  … collaboration with our friends at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.       …

… journal Science . It detailed how they’d used metagenomics to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. The data from that study is now used across California State University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource experience. Hear …

Hosted by the JGI and co-organized with NIST,  the goal of the Viral EcoGenomics & Applications (VEGA) symposium was to bring together a “Viral EcoGenomics” community to foster … and virtual attendees! Click here for the event photos. Keynote Speakers Katrine Whiteson , UC Irvine Chase Morgan , …

Gene expression in eukaryotes was long held to be monocistronic – that is, a single gene makes messenger … a single protein. Recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers … research team included scientists at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, Brookhaven National …

… more about PhycoCosm, the largest interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative analysis tools developed by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a US Department of Energy Office of Science user facility at Berkeley Lab. Presented by Igor Grigoriev, …

… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship internship program between the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What started with 2 interns in the summer of 2014 has grown to a total of 75 with the inclusion of the 2023 cohort. Each …

Vision  Lead genomic innovation for a sustainable bioeconomy. Mission  As a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility, we provide … capabilities, large-scale data, and professional expertise to support the global research community in studies of …

… the 2024 DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting! The JGI convenes this annual gathering of leaders from diverse disciplines to highlight how they are addressing the world’s most … scientific community can advance your research goals. Keynotes: M. Francesca Cotrufo, Colorado State University N. …

Three stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient … Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on communities of forest floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into seagrass …

Dr. Eloe-Fadrosh joined the JGI in 2014 to pursue her research interests in microbial ecology and … Her current research focuses on leveraging thousands of metagenomic datasets from host-associated and … samples to identify and characterize genomic information from uncultivated microbes and viruses. Prior to …

… editing and cancer genetics. Dr. Blow carried out postdoctoral work at LBNL, where he worked on computational and … function in bacteria. Since 2016, he has been the lead of the User Support Analysis group. The group performs custom analysis and develops automated pipelines for …