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We are a DOE Office of Science User Facility
Supported by the DOE’s Biological and Environmental Research program, the JGI provides advanced genomic capabilities, large-scale data and professional expertise so researchers can contribute to advancing energy and infrastructure security.
The JGI offers deep expertise and a broad toolset.
Analyze Data
Access community data and leverage tools available from JGI portals and partners.
Work With Us
Discover how to avail of capabilities and resources through our user programs.
User Stories
Follow the research journeys of our users and how the JGI helps advance their science.
The JGI at a Glance
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Global Users
Each year, the JGI serves over 2,000 users — researchers with accepted project proposals — at all career stages.
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A Diversity of Capabilities
With an accepted proposal, JGI Users gain access to deep expertise and a broad toolset.
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Data Portals
We generate and provide access to data that support interdisciplinary work on a broad variety of organisms. Each dot in these networks shows a publication that mentions a given data portal, with work that cross-references multiple portals in between respective hubs.
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Learn more about the JGI's longer-term impact
Foundational Work
JGI’s scientific contributions reverberates over time to enable many discoveries. The Soybean genome shown is one example — since the original reference genome, the entire project has directly impacted over 5,000 unique studies. These works have gone on to influence over 100,000 further studies.
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JGI announces 2025 Functional Genomics portfolio
This year, the JGI has accepted research projects from 11 scientists who will translate genomic information into biological function.
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With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete genomic results from single cells
PTA is a refined capability that is desirable in the microbiome field due to its high recovery of single-cell genomes. Offering this tool establishes the JGI as a leader in single-cell genomic amplification at a large scale.
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JGI releases 2024 Progress Report
For the fiscal year 2024, a record number of researchers — 2,475 users — had active proposals with the JGI; more than 15,000 others have accessed and utilized the data we either generate or make available.