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What if we understood plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to … crops. But most available genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. …
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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 … Science Program, to use microbiome science to help make plants more resilient to drought. …
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Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent …
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Mr. Schmutz’s involvement with the DOE Joint Genome Institute dates back … human chromosomes 5, 16, and 19. Following the completion of the human genome project in 2003, he developed … Award … Plant Science Program … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …
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All staff members of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) commit to Lawrence Berkeley … technology (IT) activities and strategic plan. … The Plant Program Advisory Committee is chartered to offer …
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The Impact The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in environmental processes (related to interactions of …
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In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … ra-MOR-um) the genus in Latin translates to “plant destroyer” and it has served as just that on a … was released to the public in a highly-cited 2006 publication in the journal Science . This provided a …
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In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth … we’ll hear from Karolina Heyduk, an evolutionary plant biologist at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. I …
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To provide broad plant genomic capabilities, the DOE Joint Genome Institute works in partnership with the … which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and HudsonAlpha researchers led … and PPRD could help with understanding gene functional roles, but the experimental inconsistency makes …
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