a gif of the integrative genomics building shows a view of the bay in the backdrop as the sky transitions from day to night
The Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is home to the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Researchers from the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase), the National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC), and Berkeley Lab Biosciences 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 of Science user facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), is to become the leading integrative genome science user facility enabling researchers to solve the world’s evolving energy and environmental challenges.

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Mission 

The mission of the JGI is to provide the global research community with access to the most advanced integrative genome science capabilities in support of the DOE’s research mission.

 

 

Director's Perspective

 

Honors & Awards

  • Simon Roux wins the early scientific career award
  • Jan Fang Cheng earns the Safety award
  • Six headshots of individuals recognized for diversity
  • Eight headshots recognizing researchers who were highly cited
  • Honoring the JGI for best use of hpc in life sciences for metahipmer

Accomplishments at a Glance

Below are briefs on some of the scientific collaborations that came out of the JGI in 2022
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Danielle Goudeau, JGI Senior Scientific Engineering Associate, works at the Zeiss PALM LMD microscope, a laser microdissection scope, which targets tissues from plants that are selected under the microscope before a laser cuts the sample and catapults them into collection tubes.

 

Impact: By the Numbers

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Matthew Hamilton, JGI Senior Research Associate, operates the Automated Resource Enabling Synthesis (ARES) platform, which integrates a Hamilton Vantage Liquid Handling System 2.0m platform via a PAA KX-2 robotic arm with off-deck components.
Spending Profile FY2022: Genomic Technologies (34.2%); Science Programs & Analysis (33.2%); Data Science & Informatics (15.1%); Management (7.9%); Project Management Office (4.1%); Computer Infrastructure & Support Team (@ NERSC) 3.2%; Operations (2.2%); Emerging Technologies Opportunity Program (.1%)Users on the Map: 2,243; North America (1,610); United States (1,518); South America (27); Europe (446); Africa (13); Asia (80); Australia & New Zealand (67). Academic (1,631), Industry (37), DOE — national labs only (196), Government (220), Other (159), Total Users (2,243)
RegionCountRegionCountRegionCountRegionCount
North America1,610Denmark16Slovenia2Malaysia1
United States1,518Estonia2Spain40Singapore3
Canada85Finland13Sweden17South Korea6
Mexico7France55Switzerland12Taiwan4
  Germany89Turkey1  
South America27Greece4United Kingdom59Australia & New Zealand67
Argentina1Hungary11  Australia52
Brazil20Iceland1Africa13New Zealand15
Chile1Ireland4Morocco1  
Colombia1Italy24South Africa12  
Uruguay4Netherlands29    
  Norway18Asia80  
Europe446Poland2China21  
Austria10Portugal7India10  
Belgium16Russian Federation5Israel11  
Czech Republic7Serbia2Japan24  
A GIF shows 1,518 users on the U.S. Map

Cumulative Number of Projects Completed

Cumulative Number of Scientific Publications

A GIF shows 179,990 cumulative projects completed and 2,862 cumulative scientific publications

 Sequencing Output 

(in billions of bases or GB)

The JGI supports short- and long-read sequencers, where a read refers to a sequence of DNA bases. Short-read sequencers produce billions of paired-end 150 basepair reads used for quantification, such as in gene expression analysis. Long-read sequencers currently average 60,000–70,000 bp reads and are used for de novo genome assembly. Combined short-read and long-read totals per year give JGI’s annual sequence output. The total sequence output in 2022 was 658,195 GB.

Sequencing Output 

(billions of basepairs)
GIF shows 161,463 single molecule long-read sequences and 312,309 massively parallel short-read sequences for the year 2022

 Users Letters of Intent/Proposals Submitted & Approved

A GIF shows LOIs and proposals submitted and approved in 2021 and 2022.

Computational Infrastructure

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Users of JGI Tools & Data 

The Genome Portal provides unified access to all JGI genomic databases and analytical tools. Users can search, download, and explore data sets available for all JGI sequencing projects including their status, assemblies, and annotations of sequenced genomes. The Data Portal allows JGI users to more easily access public data sets through a common set of metadata across files submitted by each scientific program. FY2022 improvements to the Data Portal include improved data parity and new bulk download capabilities. The Genome Portal will be retired once the Data Portal reaches data- and feature-parity with its predecessor.

  • JGI Archive and Metadata Organizer (JAMO): 12.819 million file records
  • JAMO Archived Data Footprint: 13.937 Petabytes (PB)
  • Data Downloads in FY22 Genome Portal: 3.702 million files
  • Data Portal: 0.429 million files

Photography and cinemagraphs by Thor Swift, Berkeley Lab. Design by Creative Services, IT Division, Berkeley Lab.

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