Igor Grigoriev

Computational Biologist Senior Staff Scientist

DOE Joint Genome Institute

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Secondary Affiliation: Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology

Comparative and Functional Genomics

Building: 91, Room 336
Phone: (510) 495-8336
IVGrigoriev@lbl.gov

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Genomics of fungi and algae, computational biology

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JGI Researchers Trace the Evolution of Shiitake Mushrooms

February 28, 2023

These fungi are part of the genus Lentinula, which have evolved to decompose hardwoods on every continent besides Europe and Antarctica. Lentinula mushrooms are white rot fungi, belonging to an elite group of decomposers that can break down all of wood’s components — cellulose, hemicellulose, and the toughest molecule, lignin. Understanding Lentinula genomes and their evolution could provide strategies for converting plant waste into sugars for biofuel production.

JGI Looks to Soil to Understand Forest Recovery After Wildfires

October 10, 2022

Within a forest’s soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, paving the way for future plants and trees to grow. However, fire changes the microbes within the soil. Recently, JGI collaborators worked to understand which microbes in the soil persist after a wildfire — and why they thrive. Their results appear in Nature Microbiology.

JGI Helps Shed Light on How Antarctic Algae Have Adapted to Cold

June 7, 2022

In Nature Ecology and Evolution, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, the University of East Anglia, and the JGI have explored the genome of the polar algae Microglena sp. YARC. The green alga harbors extra genes for proteins requiring zinc, and those genes turn out to be key for the phytoplankton’s ability to live in cold polar waters. Learn more here on the JGI website.

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