April 4, 2003
Contact: Lynn Yarris (510)486-5375,
lcyarris@lbl.gov
The family tree of life has a newly discovered branch. Genetic studies comparing mitochondrial DNA have revealed that what has long been thought to be the group from which insects arose, the Collembola [...]
February 28, 2003
Contact: Lynn Yarris (510) 486-5375
lcyarris@lbl.gov
BERKELEY, CA — Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a powerful new technique for [...]
November 15, 2002
Contact: Paul Preuss, paul_preuss@lbl.gov
Intricately wound, folded, and looped chromatin (blue) meets chromatin-remodeling and modifying factors at sites on a cage-like structure formed by SATB1 proteins [...]
MORE>October 16, 2002
Contact: Charles Osolin, (925) 296-5643, osolin1@llnl.gov
WALNUT CREEK, CA — Backed by nearly $4 million in funding from three Federal agencies, researchers in California and Virginia are joining forces to learn the genetic secrets of a notorious plant [...]
October 3, 2002
Contact: Charles Osolin, (925) 296-5643, osolin1@llnl.gov
WALNUT CREEK, CA — The next time you chow down on a sausage pizza, enjoy a refreshing frozen yogurt, or savor a fine wine, remember to thank the bugs.
Lactic acid bacteria (bacteria [...]
MORE>September 27, 2002
Lynn Yarris, lcyarris@lbl.gov
All who enjoy the taste of wine stand to benefit from the latest round of genome sequencing at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute. JGI researchers [...]
August 20, 2002
Contact: Charles Osolin, (925) 296-5643, osolin1@llnl.gov
WALNUT CREEK, CA — In their continuing search for new clues to how human genes function and how vertebrates develop and evolve, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute [...]
MORE>July 25, 2002
Contact: Charles Osolin, (925) 296-5643, osolin1@llnl.gov
WALNUT CREEK, CA – An international research consortium led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute (JGI) reported today on the draft sequencing, assembly, and analysis of the genome of [...]
May 7, 2002
Media contact: Paul Preuss, (510) 486-6249, paul_preuss@lbl.gov
Science contact: Michael Banda, (510) 495-2837, MJBanda@lbl.gov
WALNUT CREEK, CA — The Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute (JGI), whose Production Genomics Facility in Walnut Creek is one of the fastest and [...]
MORE>January 14, 2002
Contact: Paul Preuss, paul_preuss@lbl.gov
The Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute is a consortium founded by Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, and Los Alamos National Laboratories, now with partners from several [...]
