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… Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his focus was primarily on how plants interpret different light cues by altering their growth … University of California, San Diego (PhD, 2011) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.S., …

… JGI in 2000 as the founding Associate Director for Computational Genomics, and led the computational efforts directed towards the sequencing, annotation, and analysis of three human chromosomes. After … AB in Physics, Princeton University, NJ MS in Theoretical Physics, Cornell …

… An improved genome assembly to support targeted tree breeding for the bioeconomy.   The Science Researchers report a new reference … compared to the 2014 Eucalyptus grandis reference genome that has been widely adopted. The new genome assembly … WIP proposal ID: 508017, Myburg, Wegrzyn, Borevitz) conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome …

… Three stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient cycles. Francis Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on communities of forest …

… Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a … scientific contribution they make, whether as part of a course or internship, and before ever publishing a research …

… stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between bacteria and fungi The Science Researchers have successfully … which limits the size and complexity of research studies that use SIP. Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National … Work at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was conducted under the auspices of the U.S. …

… Developing and validating an integrated approach to genome recovery … Program (ETOP) , researchers have developed and improved upon a tool that combines existing DNA sequence binning algorithms, … No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. Support was provided by the DOE and the National Institutes of Health, and the DFG. …

… fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga Plocamiomonas psychrophila can thrive in changing conditions. A recent study shows that when salinity is reduced in its environment, this alga … The study was funded by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery …

… Analysis reveals the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection … Dehalococcoides mccartyi and  Dehalobacter restrictus,  that work together to break down PCE into the chemical … Center for Research Resources (NCRR) (5P20RR016480-12) and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences …

… Congratulations to Jane Grimwood, who has been appointed the … Institute for Biotechnology! Loretta Spencer served as a manyterm mayor of Huntsville, Alabama and is known for her … directed by Richard Myers, and among the Center staff that moved to HudsonAlpha. At HudsonAlpha, she has continued …

… Phytozome workshop held during the June 2022 CROPS Conference at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Phytozome is the Plant Comparative Genomics portal of the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, and facilitates accurate and insightful comparative genomics …

… Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that “taught” a computer how to classify 101 representative … DE-AC02-05CH11231. The work was also supported by the NSF grants  DEB-1354625 and  IOS-1456958 . Sequencing of  …