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… A mini-episode looking at the efforts of Pankaj Trivedi, whose New Investigator proposal was recently approved through the JGI Community …

… Chen, Matthew Cope-Arguello, Theophilus Olufemi Isimikalu, Todd H. Oakley, BJ Philmus and Aaron M. Roshotte; [Below] … Woolston. ] Each year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from scientists who … network mapping, developing microbial systems to convert renewable feedstocks into advanced biofuels and chemicals, and …

… A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The … and xylose — into fatty acids that could be used for renewable fuel. In fact, lipids can make up more than 90 … MB) and NSF  1706545 (IW). HA and JW were supported by the Office of Naval Research under grant  N00014-15-1-2785 . JW …

… portal, researchers have identified a virus protein tied to carbon cycling.  The Science Through a collaborative … The work was enabled in part by a community data portal of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … to another, which can have a significant impact on the microbial communities within soil. Using metagenomics, …

… New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science … fungi are part of the genus Lentinula, which have evolved to decompose hardwoods on every continent besides Europe and … This research was supported by the NSF awards DEB- 1456588 to D.H. and DEB-1442113 to A.R., the Department of Energy …

… Summer 2025 marked the second year of Alabama A&M University students coming to the DOE Joint Genome Institute for research and training … on the plant microbiome. This year, however, there was a new aspect to the project - they also worked with Sharon …

… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among … head Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh outline more targeted approaches to reconstruct individual microbes in an environmental … sequence reads to link mobile elements such as plasmids to microbial host cells. In a separate article, research …

… a graduate student in Brett Baker’s lab at the University of Texas at Austin, will defend his dissertation. Some of … program , which awards graduate students the opportunity to pursue part of their thesis research at one of the DOE … Rambo’s work was overseen by Susannah Tringe, head of the Microbial Systems group. He also worked with Simon Roux and …

… help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single … the multiple advances in sequencing technologies applied to the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including …

… Berkeley and the Joint BioEnergy Institute) are looking for new ways to engineer plants. So they’ve looked into wasps that program oak trees to raise their young in …

… A collaborative team led by Geoffrey Schiebinger at the University of British Columbia, … User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). “This represents the largest … a foundational data set that is now available through a new  single-cell data viewer that was collaboratively …

… 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 … DNA sequencing, synthesis, metabolomics, data analysis, and new technology developments – that the JGI offers through …