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helix made of soybeans

January 13, 2010
Soybean Genome Analysis Reveals Pathways for Improving Biodiesel, Disease Resistance, and Reducing Waste Runoff. Soybean, one of the most important global sources of protein and oil, is now the first legume species with a published complete draft genome sequence. The sequence and its analysis appear in the January 14 edition of the journal Nature

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Genomic Model

December 23, 2009
Opening New Frontiers: First Volume of Microbial Encyclopedia Published in the Journal Nature by DOE JGI Collaborators. The Earth is estimated to have about a nonillion (1030) microbes in, on, around, and under it, comprised of an unknown but very large number of distinct species. Despite the widespread availability of microbial genome data—close to 2,000 microbes have been and are being decoded to date—a vast unknown realm awaits scientists intent on exploring microorganisms that inhabit this “undiscovered country.”

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T. reesei

October 22, 2009
Model Microbial Community for Studying Expanding Dead Zones Characterized. 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 the seafloor and alter the microbial activities that impact the rate and magnitude of ocean carbon sequestration.

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Nikos K.

October 8, 2009
Establishing Standard Definitions for Genome Sequences. 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.

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Genomic Model

September 9, 2009
New Genomic Model Defines Microbes by Diet--Provides Tool for Tracking Environmental Change. In line with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) interest in characterizing the biotic factors involved in global carbon cycling, the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) characterizes a diverse array of plants, microorganisms, and the communities in which they reside to inform options for reducing and stabilizing atmospheric greenhouse gases.

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The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, supported by the DOE Office of Science, unites the expertise of five national laboratories—Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, and Pacific Northwest—along with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology to advance genomics in support of the DOE missions related to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. JGI is operated by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy.


Announcements

JGI User Meeting: Register now online! The meeting is March 24-26, 2010 in Walnut Creek, CA

Download the JGI User Meeting Poster.

CSP 2011 call: The CSP 2011 call for proposals will be delayed while we expand our capacity, enabling us to more quickly handle the large number of projects currently in our sequencing pipeline. We anticipate releasing the call in late Jan 2010, with letters of intent due in March 2010. This year the scale of CSP projects will be expanded to encourage larger projects that make optimal use of JGI's sequencing and analysis capabilities.

Microbial resequencing proposals are now accepted for review on a quarterly basis. Submit a proposal to the CSP program using WIP. Deadline for the next microbial review (Isolates and Resequencing proposals) is April 7 2010.

Gap Resolution software is now available for academic use: Gap Resolution was developed by DOE Joint Genome Institute to improve Newbler genome assemblies by automating the closure of sequence gaps caused by repetitive regions in the DNA. If you are interested in acquiring this software, please contact degilbert@lbl.gov