News
Release of our improved poplar genome sequence
August 7, 2012
Available at Phytozome (http://www.phytozome.net), our new improved poplar v3.0 and annotation is available. This is a major upgrade for Populus trichocarpa- it includes 80Mb of finished sequence and a dense genetic map.
Annotations now available for common bean V1.0 and Cotton D V2.1
August 7, 2012
Available at Phytozome (http://www.phytozome.net), our first version of Phaseolus vulgaris and our remapped version of Cotton D have been released.
New soybean annotation with extensive RNA-seq data sets released
July 23, 2012
Available at Phytozome (http://www.phytozome.net), a new annotation of soybean (Glycine max) v1.1 is available. This release adds extensive RNA-seq combined with a new annotation pipeline.
Origin of brown rot and white rot fungi decoded
June 29, 2012
An exciting analysis of 31 fungal genomes that looks at the end of the Carboniferous period and the rise of lignin degrading fungal species published in Science.
Release of improved chlamy genome sequence
June 8, 2012
Annotation is now available at Phytozome (http://www.phytozome.net) for our improved V5.0 Chlamydomonas reinhardtii sequence.
Lifestyles of forest fungi
June 1, 2012
A paper in New Phytologist analyzing the genome of Heterobasidion annosum and comparing it again H. irregular, comparing a wood decayer against a plant pathogen.
Coccomyxa (a polar microalga) genome analyzed
May 25, 2012
This publication in Genome Biology analyzes the genome of Coccomyxa which is an extremophile alga isolated in Antartica.
Foxtail millet genome published!
May 13, 2012
This publication in Nature Biotech analyzes the genome of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) which is a major food crop and one of our reference genomes for our switchgrass work.
Switchgrass resource paper published
April 12, 2012
This publication in Plos1 details the construction and sequencing of two switchgrass BAC libraries and clone based sequences of the genome
- View the Publication: A genome-wide survey of switchgrass genome structure and organization
Stickleback genome published in Nature!
April 4, 2012
After many years of work, an analysis of the stickleback genome and details about worldwide stickleback distribution has been published in Nature.
- View the Publication: The genomic basis of adaptive evolution in threespine sticklebacks
- See the HA press story: Why we have plenty of fish in the sea
