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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]

JGI Science @ the Lesher on Walnut Creek Patch

Most of us don’t even think about the insides of cows, the genes of waterfleas or the behavioral genetics of pollinating bees, but the 250 expert researchers who sequence microbial species—and actually understand the results—also know how to translate heavy duty science into layman’s language. Read more on the Walnut Creek Patch [Read More]

DOE JGI as ‘Genomics Foundry’ in GenomeWeb

The Joint Genome Institute plans to transition from a sequencing center to a “genomic foundry” — a one-stop shop for large-scale functional annotation, single-cell genomics and transcriptomics, high-throughput custom sample prep, and analysis expertise, among other proposed services, said Eddy Rubin at JGI’s sixth annual User Meeting in Walnut Creek, Calif. Ultimately, Rubin said, he… [Read More]

Daphnia pulex project in the San Francisco Chronicle

last week a team of gene hunters, led by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek and the Daphnia Genomics Consortium, headquartered at the University of Indiana, published the little organism’s gene sequence in the journal Science. More than 450 scientists around the world are members of that consortium, researching… [Read More]

Daphnia pulex, the first crustacean genome

A keystone species in freshwater ecosystems, the water flea Daphnia pulex, is roughly the size of the equal sign on a keyboard. In the February 4 issue of Science, the nearly decade-long collaboration between the Daphnia Genomics Consortium and the DOE JGI culminated with a report on this first crustacean genome. “Daphnia is one of… [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]

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]

DOE JGI 5th Annual User Meeting announcement

Researchers from all over the world will be at the Marriott in Walnut Creek for the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute 5th Annual Genomics of Energy and Environment Meeting, which will feature genomics research in the fields of clean energy generation and the environment. Keynote speeches will be delivered by Jay Keasling, CEO… [Read More]

OMZ metagenomic study on redOrbit

In the Oct. 23 issue of the journal Science, researchers from the University of British Columbia and the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) describe the metagenome of an abundant but uncultivated microbe, known as SUP05, that is silently helping to shape the ecology of [oxygen minimum zones] worldwide. Researchers studied the… [Read More]

Standard definitions for genome sequences on EurekAlert!

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 in 10,000 bases. This effectively set the quality target for the human genome effort and was quickly applied to other… [Read More]