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    Green Algae Reveal One mRNA Encodes Many Proteins
    A team of researchers has found numerous examples of polycistronic expression – in which two or more genes are encoded on a single molecule of mRNA – in two species of green algae.

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    Advances in Rapidly Engineering Non-model Bacteria
    CRAGE is a technique for chassis (or strain)-independent recombinase-assisted genome engineering, allowing scientists to conduct genome-wide screens and explore biosynthetic pathways. Now, CRAGE is being applied to other synthetic biology problems.

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    How Maize Makes An Antibiotic Cocktail
    Zealexins are produced in every corn variety and protect maize by fending off fungal and microbial infections using surprisingly few enzymes.

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    Poplar (Populus trichocarpa and P. deltoides) grow in the Advanced Plant Phenotyping Laboratory (APPL) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Poplar is an important biofuel feedstock, and Populus trichocarpa is the first tree species to have its genome sequenced — a feat accomplished by JGI. (Image courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy)
    Podcast: Xiaohan Yang on A Plantiful Future
    Building off plant genomics collaborations between the JGI and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Xiaohan Yang envisions customizing plants for the benefit of human society.

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    Synthesizing Microbial Expansins with Unusual Activities
    Expansin proteins from diverse microbes have potential uses in deconstructing lignocellulosic biomass for conversion to renewable biofuels, nanocellulosic fibers, and commodity biochemicals.

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    Pennycress – A Solution for Global Food Security, Renewable Energy and Ecosystem Benefits
    Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) is under development as a winter annual oilseed bioenergy crop. It could produce up to 3 billion gallons of seed oil annually while reducing soil erosion and fertilizer runoff.

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    An Automated Tool for Assessing Virus Data Quality
    CheckV can be broadly utilized by the research community to gauge virus data quality and will help researchers to follow best practices and guidelines for providing the minimum amount of information for an uncultivated virus genome.

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    A One-Stop Shop for Analyzing Algal Genomes
    The PhycoCosm data portal is an interactive browser that allows algal scientists and enthusiasts to look deep into more than 100 algal genomes, compare them, and visualize supporting experimental data.

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    Artistic interpretation of how microbial genome sequences from the GEM catalog can help fill in gaps of knowledge about the microbes that play key roles in the Earth's microbiomes. (Rendered by Zosia Rostomian​, Berkeley Lab)
    Podcast: A Primer on Genome Mining
    In Natural Prodcast: the basics of genome mining, and how JGI researchers conducted it in IMG/ABC on thousands of metagenome-derived genomes for a Nature Biotechnology paper.

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    Letters of Intent are due April 12, 2021 for the annual Community Science Program (CSP) call focused on large-scale genomic science projects that address specific areas of special emphasis and exploit the diversity of JGI capabilities.

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    “SIP technologies at EMSL and JGI” Webinar
    The concerted stable isotope-related tools and resources of the JGI and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) may be requested by applying for the annual “Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science” (FICUS) call.

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    CSP Functional Genomics Call Ongoing
    The CSP Functional Genomics call helps users translate genomic information into biological function. Proposals submitted by July 31, 2021 will be part of the next review.

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    Aerial photo of the switchgrass diversity panel late in the 2020 season at the Kellogg Biological Station in Michigan. (Robert Goodwin)
    A Team Effort Toward Targeted Crop Improvements
    A multi-institutional team has produced a high-quality reference sequence of the complex switchgrass genome. Building off this work, researchers at three DOE Bioenergy Research Centers have expanded the network of common gardens and are exploring improvements to switchgrass.

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    Artistic interpretation of how microbial genome sequences from the GEM catalog can help fill in gaps of knowledge about the microbes that play key roles in the Earth's microbiomes. (Rendered by Zosia Rostomian​, Berkeley Lab)
    Uncovering Novel Genomes from Earth’s Microbiomes
    A public repository of 52,515 microbial draft genomes generated from environmental samples around the world, expanding the known diversity of bacteria and archaea by 44%, is now available .

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    Shattering Expectations: Novel Seed Dispersal Gene Found in Green Millet
    In Nature Biotechnology, a very high quality reference Setaria viridis genome was sequenced, and for the first time in wild populations, a gene related to seed dispersal was identified.

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Partnerships Development Team (PDT)

Through the Partnerships Development Team (PDT), strategic outreach efforts are targeting companies and other institutions without any prior JGI collaborations. The PDT is comprised of Director Nigel Mouncey, Chief Informatics Officer Kjiersten Fagnan, User Program Deputy Susannah Tringe, DNA Synthesis Science Program Head Yasuo Yoshikuni, Senior Manager of Communications & Outreach David Gilbert, and Robin Johnston, the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) Director of Commercialization, Biosciences Strategic Industry Engagements and Entrepreneurship Lead. The PDT also draws the expertise of Genomics Technologies Deputy Len Pennacchio, as needed. The PDT enables industry engagement through three primary routes: the Community Science Program call as well as less-explored mechanisms of Strategic Partnership Projects (SPP) and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA), see below. The Business Development Team works closely with Berkeley Lab’s Intellectual Property Office to facilitate these new interactions. To set up a call or meeting to discuss partnering opportunities, contact Debbie Wendt.

Recent Partnerships

On June 11, 2020, the Department of Energy announced the 2020 Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) projects. One of them supports a project between JGI and LanzaTech, a Skokie, Illinois-based company that recycles carbon emissions to make fuels and chemicals, improving air quality and promoting a circular economy.

Acetogenic Clostridium is considered the most efficient method of converting abundant low-cost gas feedstock into valuable bioproducts, but many Clostridium strains are difficult to engineer.

Yasuo Yoshikuni and his JGI colleagues have developed a technology called chassis-independent recombinase-assisted genome engineering (CRAGE), which offers single-step genomic integration and prototyping of complex pathways. The team will be working with LanzaTech to rapidly engineer a Clostridium strain for the production of biofuels and bioproducts from low-cost gas feedstock. For more information about the supported Berkeley Lab TCG projects, visit the Intellectual Property Office here.

Case Study

A recent case study describing a collaboration between the JGI Metabolomics Technology Group and Brightseed can be found here.

Strategic Partnership Projects (SPPs)

SPPs enable research funded by an Industry partner to perform a defined scope of work using JGI’s unique facilities, equipment, and personnel. Sponsor may elect to obtain the entire right, title, and interest to any intellectual property generated under the agreement.

Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)

CRADAs enable research jointly sponsored by the Berkeley Lab and one or more partners for shared benefit. Industry partners can retain rights to their own inventions and have the first right to license Lab inventions generated through the CRADA.

For additional information about these partnering mechanisms, visit Berkeley Lab’s Innovation and Partnership Office (IPO) and read the Guide to Partnering with DOE’s National Laboratories.

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    • JGI Partnership Case Study: Brightseed

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