The Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) employs single-molecule, long-read DNA sequences to aid with genome assembly and transcriptome analysis of microbial, fungal, and plant research projects. More recently, these long-reads have been applied to DNA methylation analysis as well as improving metagenome assemblies.
In this installment of the JGI Engagement Webinar Series, you’ll hear from George diCenzo of Queen’s University in Canada about detecting DNA modifications in bacteria and their impacts on nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, and from Marc van Goethem of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on advances in de novo metagenomic assembly using long read technology.
Listeners will be positioned well to compete for free sequencing allocations (as well other omics resources) through upcoming calls for letters of intent. These include, the “Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science” (FICUS) which enables researchers to tap the genomics capabilities of the JGI and the proteomics and imaging assets of the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) in one proposal. Letters of Intent for the FICUS proposal is due March 17, while LOI’s for the Annual Large-Scale Community Science Program call are due March 24.