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Dekkera yeast project in Science Daily

The yeast Dekkera bruxellensis plays an important role in the production of wine, as it can have either a positive or a negative impact on the taste. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, among others, have analyzed the yeast’s genome sequenced by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, giving wine producers the possibility to take… [Read More]

Kbase and DOE’s Susan Gregurick in GenomeWeb’s BioInform

Kbase is currently in alpha release and is targeted for full production release in early 2013.The community-driven and scalable open-source system is intended to provide a framework for evidence-based functional annotation of genome sequences. It will also enable the creation of metabolic and regulatory models that may be used to generate scientific hypotheses; as well… [Read More]

Foxtail millet project in GenomeWeb Daily News

From Genomics in the Journals: “Bennetzen and colleagues from the University of Georgia, the HudsonAlpha Institute, the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute, and elsewhere used Sanger sequencing complemented by high-throughput sequencing methods to generate a high-quality, 400 million base reference genome for foxtail millet. “ Read more at GenomeWeb Daily News [Read More]

Foxtail millet project in Biofuels Digest

In an attempt to piece together the switchgrass genome, the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) in an international partnership with includes the DOE BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) and the DOE Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) has sequenced plant genomes of related candidate bioenergy crops such as sorghum and the model grass Brachypodium but may have found the missing… [Read More]

Foxtail millet genome project in AgProfessional

One of the challenges in studying grasses for bioenergy applications is that they typically have long lifecycles and complex genomes. Jeremy Schmutz, head of the DOE JGI Plant Program at the HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology, pointed out that foxtail millet has several advantages as a model. It’s a compact genome roughly half a billion bases… [Read More]

White rot fungal genomics analysis on EcoSeed

Scientists at the Energy Department’s Joint Genome Institute are comparing the genetic structure of two strains of white rot fungi in order to develop better enzymes for biofuel production.White rot fungi digest moist wood, causing it to rot and decay. These fungi possess natural enzymes that break down the cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin of plant… [Read More]

DOE JGI Genomics of Energy and Environment Meeting coverage by GenomeWeb

Purdue University’s Jody Banks kicked off the scientific sessions at the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s 7th annual User Meeting in Walnut Creek, Calif., this week with her talk on the Selaginella genome and how sequencing diverse species could help researchers understand plant evolution. Read more at GenomeWeb [Read More]

2013 federal budget proposal in GenomeWeb Daily News

The Department of Energy’s Office of Science, which funds the Joint Genome Institute and other biology research aimed at developing better renewable biofuels and energy-related technologies, would receive $5 billion, compared to $4.9 billion this fiscal year. Read the full GenomeWeb News story on the Obama administration’s 2013 budget proposal. [Read More]