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… back to 1997, when he was working for the Stanford Human Genome Center, now the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. There he constructed … 5, 16, and 19. Following the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, he developed sequencing, assembly, … Nature Biotechnology 30: 555-561. The International Brachypodium Initiative. Genome sequencing and analysis of …
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… As a National User Facility, the JGI serves more than 2,500 users … from the public sector: academic and government institutions — with capabilities that had remained largely unknown … accessible, AI-ready large-scale data repositories for genome information with analysis tools for mining and …
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… of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass … Miscanthus sinensis has been published. Analysis of the genome sequence also provides insights into how the multiple … chromosomes of Miscanthus arose by ancient hybridization (polyploidy) and insights into the dynamics of gene …
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… Program Large-Scale Call, as well as successful submissions to our CSP New Investigator, CSP Functional Genomics, and Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science calls. These documents have been shared … Elucidating Sphagnum microbiome genetic interactions for improved growth at elevated temperatures …
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… As an Integrative Genome Science User Facility, the JGI plays a leadership role in providing genome science capabilities to support BER's mission of achieving a predictive understanding of complex …
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… clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) … For the first time, a team has analyzed in parallel the genomes and transcriptomes of both partners to better … lichens. Studying the symbiosis by investigating a lichen’s genomes and transcriptomes could help inform efforts at …
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… natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth (Toby) Kellogg … Biotechnology and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), generated genome sequences for nearly 600 green millet plants and …
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… the field, work at the lab bench, and also do some computational analyses at their desks. As part of the DOE JGI’s … worked with Zhong Wang while Karen Tolentino worked with Brachypodium researcher John Vogel. Other students hosted … summer were: Rida Ali, who worked with T.B.K. Reddy on the Genomes OnLine Database; Sarah Fruchart , who worked with …
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… Summer 2025 marked the second year of Alabama A&M University students coming to the DOE Joint Genome Institute for research and training experience funded … Functional Genomics Group to study the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant …
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… All staff members of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) commit to Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s (Berkeley Lab’s) core values, which guide the relationships we nurture in our workplace and seek to establish … The UEC represents the JGI user community and is responsible for providing input and advice on JGI policies and …
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… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … and energy advantages explain why soybean is a flagship genome of the JGI’s Plant Program. While soybean has … the first legume species with a published complete draft genome sequence. At the time, the vital global source of …
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