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Igor Grigoriev

Igor Grigoriev

Igor Grigoriev, Ph.D
Fungal Genomics Program Lead, DOE Joint Genome Institute

Education

BA/MS in Biophysics, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia;
PhD in Molecular Biology, Research Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Organisms, Moscow, Russia;
Postdoctoral training in computational structural genomics, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Summary

Following postdoctoral training and several years of work in the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Grigoriev joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2003 to participate in human genome annotation and lead annotation of over 100 diverse eukaryotic genomes from protists to plants. In 2009 he started the Fungal Genomics program to scale up sequencing and analysis of diverse fungi for related to DOE science and applications. Dr. Grigoriev organized over 30 genomics workshops and engaged over 2000 researches around the world in genome projects, which resulted in over 50 high-profile publications.

Publications

  1. Eastwood DC et al. The plant cell wall-decomposing machinery underlies the functional diversity of forest fungi. Science. 2011;333(6043):762-765.
  2. Gobler CJ et al. Niche of harmful alga Aureococcus anophagefferens revealed through ecogenomics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011;108(11):4352-4357.
  3. Banks JA et al. The Selaginella Genome Identifies Genetic Changes Associated with the Evolution of Vascular Plants. Science, 2011;332(6032):960-963..
  4. Colbourne JK et al. The ecoresponsive genome of Daphnia pulex. Science. 2011;331(6017):555-561.
  5. Ohm RA et al. Formation of mushrooms and lignocellulose degradation encoded in the genome sequence of Schizophyllum commune. Nat Biotech. 2010;28(9):957-963.
  6. Worden AZ et al. Green evolution and dynamic adaptations revealed by genomes of the marine picoeukaryotes Micromonas. Science. 2009; 324, 268-72
  7. Bowler C et al. The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the dynamic nature and multi-lineage evolutionary history of diatom genomes. Nature. 2008; 456, 239-244.
  8. Martin F et al. The genome of Laccaria bicolor provides insights into mycorrhizal symbiosis. Nature. 2008; 452, 88-92.
  9. King N et al. The genome of the choanoflagellate. Nature. 2008;451, 783-788.
  10. Palenik B et al. The tiny eukaryote Ostreococcus provides genomic insights into the paradox of plankton speciation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007;104, 7705-7710.