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Latest News
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
