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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 …

As part of the ongoing partnership between DOE JGI and UC Merced to promote diversity and inclusion in science and research, two undergraduate students from UC Merced recently had summer internships in Walnut …

Over the years, hundreds of interns have come to the JGI from all parts of the globe to gain lab experience and …

In this episode, we peer into plant cells. Researchers are using measurements from single cells to understand which genes help plants …

This summer marked the first fully in-person internship experience in several years for … upended by the pandemic, 2023 gave interns the opportunity to be fully immersed in not only their work, but the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from fellow researchers onsite as well. …

… wants to understand how viruses impact the release of greenhouse gases from Arctic permafrost. But to see what they’re doing, he first needs their DNA.   …

… human-centered, agile collaboration between the JGI and the information technology company Truss has resulted in the JGI Data Portal , a pilot download experience accessible from JGI’s plant portal Phytozome . Although the Data Portal … from the other JGI Portals, as well. “For thousands of scientists around the world, the JGI Genome Portal is a …

Sphagnome data would enable researchers’ insights on their potential carbon cycling impact.   The … Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system … can also act as a protective layer insulating permafrost from the warming regional temperatures. For this reason, the …

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 … class  Dothideomycetes includes fungi that obtain nutrients from decaying organic matter (saprobes), and many plant …

In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI … head Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh outline more targeted approaches to reconstruct individual microbes in an environmental … specific metabolic processes. A third approach steps away from reconstructing genomes directly from the environment …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in … With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of …

… we understood plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to … and bioenergy crops. But most available genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. …