DOE/Joint Genome Institute
DOE/Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. It is located in Walnut Creek, California. Its purpose it to unite the expertise of Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore labs, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest and the Hudson/Alpha Institute for biotechnology for the expressed purpose of advancing genomics in support of DOE's mission related to clean energy, environmental characterization and clean up of environmentally harmful sites. The University of California manages JGI for DOE. JGI news releases and research studies are available to the media and the public. Links to major publications with abstracts are available on the JGI Web site.
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JGI Production Genomics Facility
2800 Mitchell Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
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"DOE/Joint Genome Institute" in the news:
Model microbial community for studying expanding dead zones characterized
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Among the many changes in the ocean is the expansion of oxygen-deficient or oxygen minimum zones (OMZs), also known as dead zones, which affect the processes by which carbon is captured and sequestered on ...
Establishing standard definitions for genome sequences
Oct 08, 2009 |
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In 1996, researchers from major genome sequencing centers around the world convened on the island of Bermuda and defined a finished genome as a gapless sequence with a nucleotide error rate of one or less ...
Fungal map of mutations key to increasing enzyme production for bioenergy use
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In half a century, one fungus has gone from being the bane of the Army quartermasters' existence in the Pacific to industry staple and someday, as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's mission ...
Exploring standards to advance microbial genomics
Jul 10, 2009 |
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Microbes contribute to manifold human endeavors ranging from bioenergy to agriculture to medicine. Moreover, they make the Earth's biogeochemical cycles go round, a prerequisite for all life on the planet. ...
Expanded version of Phytozome.net released
May 29, 2009 |
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An enhanced version of Phytozome.net, a web portal for comparative plant genomics geared to advance biofuel, food, feed, and fiber research, has been released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute ...
DNA of uncultured organisms sequenced using novel single-cell approach
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences have assembled high quality, contamination-free draft genomes of uncultured biodegrading microorganisms ...
Study shows how algae may cope with environmental change
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Scientists from two-dozen research organizations led by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have decoded genomes of two ...
Next gen sequencing technology pinpoint 'on-off switches' in genomes
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the University of California, San Diego have developed a set of molecular tools ...
Rot's unique wood degrading machinery to be harnessed for better biofuels production
Feb 05, 2009 |
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An international team led by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory have translated the genetic ...
Scientists publish complete genetic blueprint of key biofuels crop
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and several partner institutions have published the sequence and analysis of the complete genome of sorghum, a major food and ...
After the first decade of metagenomics -- adolescent growth spurt anticipated
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Sep 25, 2008 |
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Mostly hidden from the scrutiny of the naked eye, microbes have been said to run the world. The challenge is how best to characterize them given that less than one percent of the estimated hundreds of millions of microbial ...
Genome of simplest animal reveals ancient lineage, confounding array of complex capabilities
Aug 22, 2008 |
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As Aesop said, appearances are deceiving—even in life's tiniest critters. From first detection in the 1880s, clinging to the sides of an aquarium, to its recent characterization by the U.S. Department of ...
DOE JGI Director highlights the genomics of plant-based biofuels in the journal Nature
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Aug 13, 2008 |
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Genomics is accelerating improvements for converting plant biomass into biofuel—as an alternative to fossil fuel for the nation's transportation needs, reports Eddy Rubin, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome ...
Genetic Underpinnings of Wood Digestion by Termite Gut Microbes Revealed
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Nov 21, 2007 |
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When termites are chewing on your home, your immediate thought probably isn't "I wonder how they digest that stuff?" But biologists have been gnawing on the question for more than a century. The key is not just the termite, ...
Massive reanalysis of genome data solves case of the lethal genes
Oct 18, 2007 |
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It is better to be looked over than overlooked, Mae West supposedly said. These are words of wisdom for genome data-miners of today. Data that goes unnoticed, despite its widespread availability, can reveal extraordinary ...
