Press Release: December 27, 2001

Department of Energy Solicits Recommendations for Microbial Sequencing Targets

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking nominations of microbes and microbial communities as candidates for draft genomic sequencing in support of its Microbial Genome and the Genomes to Life Programs. Candidate microbes and microbial communities should be relevant to DOE mission needs, e.g., microbes involved in environmental processes, waste remediation, carbon management, energy production, and/or biodefense. The genomes of selected microbes/communities will be draft sequenced (6-8X coverage) by the DOE's Joint Genome Institute. (Nomination deadline: March 28, 2002.)

For more information, see
Doe Microbial Genome Program: http://microbialgenomics.energy.gov/
DOE "Genomes to Life" Program: http://genomicsgtl.energy.gov/
Microbial Sequencing Nominations: http://www.sc.doe.gov/ober/sequencing_targets.html

For more information, contact
David Gilbert
Joint Genome Institute
(925) 296-5643
DEGilbert@lbl.gov