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JGI’s Ergo Cup victory on DOE’s OBER site

Preventing ergonomic injuries is a major concern for DOE laboratories, especially at the JGI, where its sequencing procedures involve highly repetitive tasks both in the laboratory and in the office. The JGI management has developed ergonomic solutions suited to each worker and his/her surrounding work environment to reduce injuries caused by these tasks.  Read more… [Read More]

Peach genome project on GenomeWeb

An international research group has published a draft genome of a Lovell peach variety of Prunus persica, researchers involved in the project said today. The International Peach Genome Initiative (IPGI) has released online a high-quality draft with assembled scaffolds covering nearly 99 percent of the peach genome, the researchers said. P. persica is considered one… [Read More]

Peach genome project on WSU Today Online

The International Peach Genome Initiative’s decision to release the genetic makeup of the peach ahead of publication in a scientific journal could have far-reaching implications for the future of peaches and related Rosaceae plants like almonds, blackberries, apples, cherries, plums, raspberries, roses, strawberries and trees such as poplar, citrus and chestnut. “Having access to even… [Read More]

Peach genome project on FreshPlaza

The peach genome should be useful to scientists working with a number of peach relatives whose genomes appear to be similar to that of the peach, according to Sosinski. “Some of these relatives, such as apple or plum, might be expected, but others, such as strawberries and raspberries, and trees, such as poplar and chestnut,… [Read More]

Peach genome project on GoUpstate.com

The tree’s DNA sequence was published worldwide Thursday. According to Clemson University, the project is the “culmination of an extensive research program pioneered at Clemson” under the leadership of Albert “Bert” Abbott, who holds the Robert and Lois Coker Trustees Chair in Molecular Genetics and is a professor in the genetics and biochemistry department. “The… [Read More]

Peach genome project on GEN

The peach genomics efforts of the Clemson research team and its international collaborators led the Joint Genome Institute, a federally funded sequencing facility, to underwrite the sequencing the genome of peach as one of the key plant species of interest worldwide. Clemson and Washington State University maintain the Genome Database for Rosaceae, which is a… [Read More]

Peach genome project on ScienceDaily

The tree’s DNA sequence is being published worldwide April 1, opening a new era in fruit-tree research that could have far-reaching implications for the future of peaches, as well as many other valuable plants. The research is available online at . This genome sequence is the culmination of an extensive research program pioneered at Clemson… [Read More]

Peach genome project on GDR

At the Plant and Animal Genome XV Meeting on 01/16/07, Jerry Tuskan from the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) announced plans to sequence the peach genome. Since then, an international consortium (IPGI) coalesced to do the work cooperatively. This consortium, under the direction of Drs Bryon Sosinski, Ignazio Verde and Daniel Rokhsar, includes numerous researchers from… [Read More]

Peach genome project on 7th Space Interactive

Bryon Sosinski, a graduate of the Clemson genetics program, now an associate professor of horticultural science at N.C. State University, served as the American coordinator of an effort to sequence the genome of the peach. Sosinski said the effort spanned the globe, involving scientists in Italy, Spain and Chile. In the United States, N.C. State,… [Read More]

JGI User Meeting on Biofuels Digest

Genomics research can be applied to energy crops to select for sequencing based on relevance to the DOE missions.  Projects focus on one of three key aspects: the development of biofuel feedstocks; the identification of enzymes that can effectively break down plant fibers into sugar; and the development of processes to ferment plant-derived sugars into… [Read More]