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Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The … conventional food crops. For that reason, its genome was sequenced by the JGI in 2009 and it is considered to be … diseases are well known to be partially due to the DNA sequence that makes up an individual’s genome. The genes of …

… get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … five oceanic regions. In doing so, they found a high degree of variability in the types of microorganisms that inhabit these sites, as well as the …

… the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His responsibilities include the … development of novel computational tools to identify virus sequences, the design of new experimental approaches to link … Giant virus diversity and host interactions through global metagenomics. Nature 578, 432–436. … DOE BER Early Career …

Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a scientific … students (and their mentors) how to begin establishing a professional presence through getting credit for any scientific contribution they make, whether as part of a course or internship, and before ever publishing a …

Pictured is a timelapse of the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is … Area are also co-located in the IGB. Vision The vision of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office …

… which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and HudsonAlpha researchers led … out to characterize the transcriptome – the complete set of RNA molecules transcribed from all the genes within a … Schmutz is the Plant Program Lead at the JGI. Sarah:  Why is a resource like this important to the field of plant …

… focused on building tools to facilitate expert curation of human gene models in support of JGI’s contributions to the Human Genome Project, he began … basal metazoans and plants. Working with a talented team of scientists and software engineers, Dr. Goodstein …

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 … through the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, including 55 newly-sequenced species.  The Impact The class  Dothideomycetes …

… most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the … by an international consortium. With the genetic code of sugarcane, researchers were able to map the location of … Community Science Program; in 2018, a monoploid reference sequence of sugarcane was published as a step forward in …