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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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    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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    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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  • JGI Data Release Policy
  • JGI Publication Policy
  • JGI Data Utilization Policy
  • Acknowledgment of Federal Support
  • JGI Scientist Code of Conduct

JGI Data Release Policy

The JGI Standard Data Release Policy for sequencing and metabolomics is immediate public release for all user projects accepted through the Community Science Program (CSP), Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) initiative, Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs) program or as Director’s Science projects. The data released includes the following:

  • Raw sequence data: fastq or other file formats as appropriate are deposited to NCBI’s Sequence Read Archive (SRA) after completion of standard analysis as described in the product catalog.
  • Genome projects: assemblies and annotations are posted to JGI portals as soon as each genome project is complete. Microbial sequences (raw data and assembled contigs) are released after assembly and annotation in IMG. Fungal and plant sequences are released after assembly and annotation with RNA-seq data in Mycocosm and Phytozome, respectively.
  • Functional genomics data (e.g. resequencing and transcriptomes): analysis files, including alignments to reference genomes, are released upon completion of standard deliverables as described in the product catalog.
  • Improved assemblies and annotations and associated data will be publicly released as soon as complete.
  • Metabolomics projects: raw data will be released on the JGI Genome Portal upon completion of standard deliverables

The JGI Standard Release Policy for DNA synthesis projects requires that detailed sequence information for constructs be made publicly available through the Inventory of Composable Elements (ICE) repository two years after construct delivery for all user projects accepted through the Community Science Program (CSP), Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) initiative, Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs) program or as Director’s Discretion projects.

This JGI Standard Data Release policy is effective for all user proposals/projects approved January 1, 2019 and later. All data are subject to the data usage policies described below and at http://genome.jgi.doe.gov/pages/data-usage-policy.jsf.

JGI Publication Policy

The JGI has a strong interest in seeing that the data produced by the facility result in scientific publications. The collaborator has the right to produce manuscripts for publication and the responsibility for leading the efforts to do so, and JGI expects acknowledgment (see Auspice Statement below) for the generation of sequence and any other contributions, such as assembly, finishing, analysis, annotation, verification, creation of genome browsers, etc.

The collaborators and JGI together reserve the right to publish the first analysis of genomic data produced at the facility, provided this is done in a timely fashion. The publications resulting from such efforts should specify the collaborative nature of the project, and authorship is expected to include all those contributing significantly to the work.

The JGI has significant experience and capabilities with regard to genome analysis, annotation, and comparative analysis. If JGI personnel contribute substantially to post-sequencing work and the production of a manuscript, JGI contributors are expected to be credited as authors contributing to those aspects of the publication. If, by agreement with the collaborator, JGI staff take a lead role in the analysis, planning, writing, and editing of the manuscript, those individuals are expected to appear as first and/or senior authors of the paper.

Any external publication using data from the “Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science” (FICUS) JGI-EMSL initiative should contain the following Auspice Statement in the acknowledgments:

“(A portion of) This research was performed under the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) initiative and used resources at the DOE Joint Genome Institute and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, which are DOE Office of Science User Facilities. Both facilities are sponsored by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research and operated under Contract Nos. DE-AC02-05CH11231 (JGI) and DE-AC05-76RL01830 (EMSL).”

Any external publication using data from the “Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science” (FICUS) JGI-NERSC initiative should contain the following Auspice Statement in the acknowledgments:

“(A portion of) This research was performed under the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) initiative and used resources at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC). Both are DOE Office of Science User Facilities sponsored by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research (JGI) and the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (NERSC) and operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.”

All other external publications using JGI data should contain the following Auspice Statement in the acknowledgments:

“The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.”

JGI Data Utilization Policy

Data produced and released to the public by the JGI is subject to a Data Usage Policy.

As a public service, the data from sequencing projects are made available to the community by the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI) before their publication in the scientific literature. The purpose of this policy is to balance the imperative of DOE and JGI that the data from its sequencing projects be made available to the scientific community as soon as possible with the reasonable expectation that the principal investigators will publish the primary report without concerns about preemption by other groups that did not participate in the effort.

The Data Usage Policy for data generated under proposals accepted before November 2018 is:

By accessing these data, you agree not to publish any articles containing analyses of genes or genomic data prior to publication by the principal investigators of its comprehensive analysis without the consent of project’s principal investigator. These restrictions will be lifted on the publication of the whole genome or comparable description. Scientists must contact the principal investigator and JGI about their intentions to include any data from this project in a publication prior to publication of principal investigator’s primary report in order to ensure that their publication does not compete directly with planned publications (e.g. reserved analyses) of the JGI and collaborators.

The principal investigator, listed on the relevant portal page, is the point of contact and arbiter regarding publication plans. Reserved analyses include but are not limited to the identification and analysis of complete (whole genome) sets of genomic features such as genes and gene expression levels, gene families, gene clusters, regulatory elements, repeat structures, GC content, etc., and whole-genome comparisons of regions of evolutionary conservation or change. Manually annotated genes within the Genome Portal are also reserved. Studies of any type on the reserved data sets that are not in direct competition with those planned by the JGI and its collaborators may also be undertaken after an agreement with principal investigator and JGI. Interested parties must contact the principal collaborator and JGI to discuss such possibilities.

If these data are used for publication, the following acknowledgment should be included: “These sequence data were produced by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute http://www.jgi.doe.gov/ in collaboration with the user community.” We request that you notify us upon publication so that this information can be included in the final annotation.

The data may be freely downloaded and used by all who respect the restrictions in the previous paragraphs. While still in waiting period, the assembly and raw sequence reads should not be redistributed or repackaged without permission from the JGI. When such permission has been obtained, any redistribution of the data during this period should carry this notice: “The Joint Genome Institute provides these data in good faith, but makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for any purpose for which the data are used.” and users should be directed to this release policy page. Once moved to unreserved status, the data are freely available for any subsequent use.

The Data Usage Policy for data generated under proposals accepted after November 2018 is:

By accessing JGI data, you agree not to publish any articles containing analyses of genes or genomic data prior to publication by the principal investigators of its comprehensive analysis without the consent of the project’s principal investigator(s). These restrictions will be lifted upon publication(s) of the dataset or two years after the public release of this data, whichever is first. Scientists are expected to contact the principal investigator about their intentions to include any data from this project in a publication prior to publication of the primary report in order to ensure that their publication does not compete directly with planned publications (e.g. reserved analyses) of the principal investigators.

The principal investigator, listed on the relevant portal page, is the point of contact regarding publication plans. Reserved analyses include but are not limited to the identification and analysis of complete (whole genome) sets of genomic features such as genes and gene expression levels, gene families, gene clusters, regulatory elements, repeat structures, etc., and whole-genome comparisons of regions of evolutionary conservation or change. Studies of any type on the reserved data sets that are not in direct competition with those planned by the principal investigators may also be undertaken after agreement with the principal investigator. Interested parties must contact the principal investigator (or JGI if the PI cannot be reached) to discuss such possibilities.

If these data are used for publication, the following acknowledgment should be included: ‘These sequence data were produced by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute http://www.jgi.doe.gov/ in collaboration with the user community.’ We also request that you appropriately cite any JGI resources used for analysis (such as IMG, Phytozome or Mycocosm) and that you notify us upon publication.

The data may be freely downloaded and used by all who respect the restrictions in the previous paragraphs, and the same restrictions apply to internal use by JGI staff and affiliates. Prior to full data release, the assembly and raw sequence reads must not be redistributed or repackaged without permission from the JGI. When such permission has been obtained, any redistribution of the data during this period must carry this notice: ‘The Joint Genome Institute provides these data in good faith, but makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for any purpose for which the data are used.’ and users should be directed to this release policy page. Once moved to unreserved status (after publication or two years after public data release), the data are freely available for any subsequent use, but the source must still be cited.

Acknowledgment of Federal Support

DOE Funding Acknowledgment: please follow the DOE Office of Science guidelines for news releases: https://science.osti.gov/Funding-Opportunities/Acknowledgements

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