Microbial Research Programs - Past & Present
Microbial genome research has been funded through several different U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science programs.
Community Sequencing
Program at the DOE Joint Genome Institute [ongoing]
The Community Sequencing Program (CSP) was created to provide the scientific
community at large with access to high-throughput sequencing at the Department
of Energy's Joint Genome Institute (JGI) for projects of relevance to
DOE missions.
Genomic Science Program
(GSP) [ongoing]
Begun in 2001, GSP is using genomic data and high-throughput technologies
for studying the proteins encoded by microbial and plant genomes to explore
their amazingly diverse natural capabilities.
Laboratory
Science Program at the DOE Joint Genome Institute [2005-2008]
Created in FY2005, the goal of the Laboratory Science Program was 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 the Production Genomics Facility to meet the needs of the National
Laboratories. The LSP allocated approximately ten billion bases (i.e.,
ten gigabases) of raw sequence per year.
Microbial Genome Program (MGP) [1994-2005]
The MGP was begun in 1994 as a spinoff from the Human Genome Program.
The goal of the program was to sequence the genomes of a number of nonpathogenic
microbes that would be useful in solving DOE's mission challenges in environmental-waste
cleanup, energy production, carbon cycling, and biotechnology.
Microbial
Cell Project (MCP) [archive]
The MCP was a 2000 initiative that was incorporated into the GSP Project
in 2002.
DOE Contact
Daniel W. Drell
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science
Office of Biological and Environmental Research
301.903.4742, Daniel.Drell@science.doe.gov
