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Peach genome on WSU Today Online

Realizing a decade-long dream, an international team of scientists today publicly released the peach genome sequence, the first genome completed for crops in the Rosaceae family. The data that comprises the peach genome is housed at WSU on the U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded Genome Database for Rosaceae (www.rosaceae.org).   Improvement of traits such as enhanced… [Read More]

JGI Energy Genomics video on GenomeWeb

The US Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute … teamed up with the Ex’pression College for Digital Arts to make a video to show just how sequencing genomes can help develop alternative fuels. The video premiered last week at the JGI Users’ meeting to great applause. See the embedded video at GenomeWeb or on the… [Read More]

Stressed metagenome study on Pollution Online

“We are looking to better understand the evolution of microbes in the groundwater plume,” Watson said. “The microbes that can break down nitrate into nitrogen can have a long-term benefit toward attenuating the plume.”  Watson added that researchers particularly want to better understand the genetic makeup of microbes that can metabolize oxidized forms of uranium… [Read More]

Stressed metagenome study on Water Tech Online

Conducted by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the University of Oklahoma, the study aims to develop biologically based methods for reducing the level of contaminants in groundwater, the article stated. “We are looking to better understand the evolution of microbes in the groundwater plume,” said… [Read More]

Stressed ORR metagenome study on ArticleAnt

Microorganisms can indeed live in extreme environments, but the ones that do are highly adapted to survive and little else, according to a collaboration that includes Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the University of Oklahoma.  The metagenomic study of a “stressed” microbial community in groundwater near a… [Read More]

INRA’s Martin on truffle genome in Star Tribune

Truffle growers in France and Italy have a mixed reaction to the work of Martin’s team. On the one hand, they “are always complaining we are not doing enough for them,” Martin said. On the other, “they don’t want us to get the magic recipe to produce truffles by the ton because then the price… [Read More]

INRA’s Martin and truffle genome on NYTimes

The black truffle of Périgord, the cynosure of every foodie’s dreams, is about to yield its most intimate secrets to a team of French and Italian researchers who have decoded its genome. Surely a great day for gastronomy and yet — truffle-lovers be advised — some of the new discoveries may reveal more than you… [Read More]

Naegleria genome project on UC Davis News Service

N. gruberi is harmless to humans, but it does have a relative called Naegleria fowlerii that lives in murky water and can — rarely — swim up your nose and eat your brain. Sequencing was carried out at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek. The joint first authors on the… [Read More]

JGI/ORNL metagenome study on ScienceDaily

Microorganisms can indeed live in extreme environments, but the ones that do are highly adapted to survive and little else, according to a collaboration that includes Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the University of Oklahoma. The metagenomic study of a “stressed” microbial community in groundwater near a… [Read More]

JGI and Obama’s 2011 Budget on GenomeWeb

Under the White House’s proposed budget for 2011, the US Department of Energy expects to receive a total of $322 million next fiscal year for its Biological Systems Science Research (BSSR) efforts, including $69.3 million for the Joint Genome Institute (JGI), an increase of less than one percent over the $69 million JGI received for… [Read More]