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New 5-year strategic plan outlines how the JGI will advance the bioeconomy, leveraging partnerships to advance foundational science, creating opportunities for the global research community. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) has released …

… to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. … that happen between tiny organisms (microbes) located in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive microbial processes and evolution. This is because MGEs can …

With a background in experimental and computational surface physics, Dr. … 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 …

The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why each year we look for novel … of desert grasslands to the metabolic savviness of microbial ecosystems at the forest floor and along ocean …

For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) … could help inform efforts at bioengineering symbiotic microbial consortia for bioenergy crops. And because lichens …

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 …

… bioenergy and environmental objectives. … BS – University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Chemical Engineering Ph. D. – … (2015). Exometabolite niche partitioning among sympatric soil bacteria. Nature communications, 6(1), 8289. Yao, Y., … Google Scholar. … Education … Awards and Honors … Selected Publications …

… fragments and data quality. The Science Through advances in sequencing technologies and computational approaches, … (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a … the genomes of these viruses and associate them with their microbial hosts. However, assembling viral genomes from …

… 2025 Community Science Program Annual Call. These projects include cutting-edge research into microbial communities — from freshwater estuaries reshaped … degradation.  “We are  very excited to see the outcome of the innovative research  being proposed by this year’s …

A two-day kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley … science, energy conversion and water treatment as well as microbial ecology with a focus on metabolism and ecosystem …