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Genomic Science Program U.S. Department of Energy | Office of Science | Biological and Environmental Research Program About About the Program Overview Reports and Documents BSSD Strategic Plan News Genomic Science Program Timeline Research Snapshot Research Approach Research Highlights Research Publications PI Research Abstracts BSSD By the Numbers Research Research Areas Bioenergy Plant Genomics Microbial Conversion Sustainable Bioenergy Biosystems Design Biosystems Design Secure Biosystems Design Environmental Microbiome Computational Biology Bioenergy Research Centers Overview Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) Bioenergy Research Centers First 10 Years Science Focus Areas Overview µBiospheres Bacterial-Fungal Interactions ENIGMA: Ecosystems and Networks Integrated with Genes and Molecular Assemblies Microbial Secure Biosystems Design IMAGINE BioSecurity: Integrative Modeling and Genome-Scale Engineering for Biosystems Security m-CAFEs: Microbial Community Analysis and Functional Evaluation in Soils Systems Biology of Soil Microbiome Persistence Control of Soil Microbiomes Phenotypic Response of Soil Microbiomes Plant-Microbe Interfaces QPSI: Quantitative Plant Science Initiative SEED: Secure Ecosystem Engineering and Design Biomass Deconstruction Publications BER Enabling Capabilities Cyberinfrastructure Overview NMDC KBase Biomolecular Characterization and Imaging Science Overview Structural Biology and Cryo-EM Bio- and Quantum Imaging UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics DOE Scientific User Facilities Overview JGI EMSL Structural Biology and Cryo-EM Funding Funding Opportunities Early Career Awards Workforce Development for Teachers and Students SBIR / STTR Guidance Contacts Become a Merit/Peer Reviewer Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Information and Data Sharing Policy Site Citation & Disclaimers DOE Performance Metrics Systems Biology for Energy and the Environment The Genomic Science program pursues fundamental research to understand, predict, manipulate, and design plant and microbial systems for innovations in renewable energy, insights into environmental processes, and biotechnological breakthroughs supporting the U.S. bioeconomy. MoreNews & Funding New Report: Overcoming Barriers in Plant Transformation: A Focus on Bioenergy Crops Apr 11, 2024 New BER report on transformation and editing needs and barriers focused on bioenergy crops. View more DOE Accepting Applications: Undergraduate Internships Mar 18, 2024 Submit SULI and CCI applications by 5:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. View more FUNDING: RENEW and FAIR Mar 12, 2024 DOE seeks applications for Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (RENEW) and Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research (FAIR). View more FUNDING: DOE SCGSR Program 2024 Solicitation 1 Cycle Feb 7, 2024 Applications for DOE’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program 2024 Solicitation 1 cycle due Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at 5pm ET. View more Executive Summary: Overcoming Barriers in Plant Transformation: A Focus on Bioenergy Crops Dec 20, 2023 Report of a workshop to define transformation and editing needs and barriers focused on bioenergy crops View more FUNDING: Early Career Research Program Dec 19, 2023 DOE seeks applications for the Early Career Research Program. Pre-applications due January 30th. View more FUNDING: Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Dec 11, 2023 Pre-applications due Wednesday, January 17, 2024 by 5:00 pm ET. View more More News Bioenergy Providing the foundational genomics-based knowledge needed to produce and deconstruct renewable plant biomass and convert it to sustainable fuels, chemicals, and other bioproducts. More DetailsBiosystems Design Accelerating the ability to securely design, build, and control plants and microbes for beneficial purposes such as clean energy, biomaterials, and carbon sequestration. More DetailsEnvironmental Microbiome Developing a process-level understanding of how plant and soil microbial communities impact the cycling and fate of carbon, nutrients, and contaminants in the environment. More DetailsEnabling Capabilities More Computing and Cyberinfrastructure Open-access and integrated computational and bioinformatic capabilities tailored to large-scale data science for research on plants, microbes, and their communities More Biomolecular Characterization and Imaging Science Imaging and measurement technologies enabling visualization of the relationships among biomolecules, cellular compartments, and higher-order biological systems More DOE Scientific User Facilities Integrated capabilities across user facilities and resources for genome sequencing and analysis, DNA design and synthesis, molecular sciences, structural biology, and imaging Bioenergy Research Centers Four Bioenergy Research Centers—each led by a DOE national laboratory or top university—take distinctive approaches to the common goal of improving and scaling up advanced biofuel and bioproduct production processes. The multidisciplinary teams are tackling fundamental science challenges in: Sustainability Feedstock development Deconstruction and separation Conversion Their research is identifying the genomic underpinnings of complex plant traits in promising bioenergy crops and streamlining deconstruction processes to funnel plant components into defined process streams. The centers are designing new pathways in microbes to convert plant biomass to a range of fuels, chemicals, and bioproducts. They also are developing the agronomic understanding needed to sustainably manage and produce bioenergy crops on marginal lands. More Select BRC Highlights First demonstration of targeted gene editing in the bioenergy grass Miscanthus View Split Selectable Genetic Markers Enable Multi-Gene Plant Transformation View Soil Structure Influences Root Growth and Carbon Storage View Yeast engineered to produce triacetic acid lactone from sorghum View Recent Documents View View View View View Our Numbers $277M Budget FY21 6061 Publications 2000-2023 43,466 Citations 2017-2021 658K Gigabases sequenced FY22 3000+ Researchers supported Citation and Credit Unless otherwise noted, publications and webpages on this site were created for the U.S. Department of Energy Genomic Science program by Biological and Environmental Research Information System (BERIS). Permission to use these documents is not needed, but please credit the U.S. Department of Energy Genomic Science program and provide the URL (https://genomicscience.energy.gov). Materials provided by third parties are identified as such and not available for free use. Sponsored By The Genomic Science program is sponsored by the Biological Systems Science Division brochure PDF ) of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Biological and Environmental Research Program . Searchable BER Research Highlights BER Program Overview Contact BER BER Advisory Committee...