Mission

The JGI Fungal Genomics Program (FGP) aims to scale up sequencing and analysis of fungal genomes to explore the diversity of fungi important for energy and the environment, and to promote functional studies on a system level.

Encoded in the genomes of the organisms of the kingdom Fungi are biological processes with high relevance to the United States Department of Energy (DOE) missions in bioenergy production, biogeochemistry, and carbon cycling. Combining new sequencing technologies and comparative genomics analysis, we can work on large and complex sequencing projects such as surveying the broad phylogenetic and ecological diversity of fungi, and capturing genomic variation in natural populations and engineered strains. This approach allows us to build a foundation for translating the genomic potential of fungi into practical applications.

References

1. Fueling the future with fungal genomics. Grigoriev IV, Cullen D, Goodwin SB, Hibbett D, Jeffries TW, Kubicek CP, Kuske C, Magnuson JK, Martin F, Spatafora JW, Tsang A, Baker SE.et al. Mycology. 2(3):192-209.
2. Sequencing the fungal tree of life. Martin F, Cullen D, Hibbett D, Pisabarro A, Spatafora JW, Baker SE, Grigoriev IV New Phytologis. 190(4):818-821.