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Sequencing Candidates

How to Get Your Organism Sequenced

Now that the Microbial Genome Program is completed, the two primary ways to get a microbial genome sequence are through the DOE Joint Genome Institute's (JGI) Community Sequencing Program and Laboratory Science Program.

Periodic calls for proposals for sequencing projects are posted on the respective programmatic websites listed below.

See a list of all DOE microbes completed and in progress to date.

Laboratory Science Program (LSP)

JGI's LSP is a proposal-based program for investigators at DOE national laboratories, emphasizing DOE-mission-related research. It provides the laboratories with broad access to high-throughput nucleic acid sequencing in support of their DOE-relevant biology programs

The goals of the LSP are to facilitate sequence-based science at the DOE National Laboratories, to develop cross-laboratory large-scale sequencing projects that advance DOE missions, and to develop avenues to shape the service and product outputs of JGI's Production Genomics Facility to meet the needs of the National Laboratories.

More information on this program, including contact information and any open calls for proposals are available on the JGI LSP website.

Community Sequencing Program (CSP)

JGI's CSP is a proposal-based program designed to bring high-throughput sequencing to the scientific community at large for projects of relevance to DOE missions. Sequencing projects will be chosen based on scientific merit—judged through independent peer review—and relevance to issues in global carbon cycling, alternative energy production, and bioremediation.

The primary goal of the CSP is to provide access to high-throughput sequencing to the broadest possible community of researchers and to expand the diversity of disciplines using sequence data to address scientific questions. Proposals from researchers within the DOE National Laboratory system are accepted, and proposals from foreign investigators are particularly encouraged. Ultimately, the most important factor in determining if a project will be accepted is its scientific merit.

Sequencing projects will be judged on the following scoring criteria:

1. Relevance to the DOE mission. The societal and economic importance of specific large-genome projects will also be considered.
2. Scientific merit.
3. Demonstrated capability of the applicant(s) and/or the scientific community to use the genome sequence.
4. The amount of JGI resources required for project completion.
5. Technical feasibility.

More information on this program is available on the JGI CSP website.

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