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Jenny Mortimer

Director of Plant Systems Biology, Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI)
Affiliate Staff Scientist, LBNL
Associate Professor, University of Adelaide, Australia

Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology

  • Molecular EcoSystems Biology

Secondary Affiliation: Biological Systems and Engineering

  • Organismal Systems & Bioresilience

Building: 978, Room 4466
Mail Stop: 978-4121
JCMortimer@lbl.gov
http://www.mortimerlab.org/home.html
https://www.jbei.org/person/jenny-mortimer/
https://www.sorghummetabolicatlas.org/
https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/jenny.mortimer

Curriculum Vitae

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m-CAFEs
Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI)

Research Interests

Jenny is a plant glycobiologist who is interested in understanding the myriad ways that plants synthesize and use complex sugars: to build their cell wall, and to glycosylate other molecules, including proteins and lipids. Her team applys synthetic and systems biology tools with the overal goal to develop more sustainable bioenergy crops.

As part of the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) we are deciphering how a cell wall is made and assembled, and applying this knowledge to the predictable engineering of dedicated biomass crops (primarily sorghum and switchgrass). As part of the m-CAFEs SFA (Microbial Community Analysis & Functional Evaluation in Soils Scientific Focus Area), we are exploring how roots interact with a synthetic microbial community. We aim to enhance those interactions via engineering, to support the development of more sustainable crops that require fewer inputs (e.g. irrigation, pesticides). For m-CAFEs, and other projects, we are making use of fabricated ecosystems (EcoFABs, EcoPODS), as we attempt to bridge the gap between data gathered in the lab and that collected in the field. Other projects include exploring how cell wall esters contribute to forest volatile emissions when trees undergo drought, and developing resources to support sorghum’s use in biotechnology research.

 

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Plant Single-cell Solutions for Energy and the Environment Workshop Report Released

October 7, 2020

On January 23, 2020, Berkeley Lab hosted a workshop on opportunities afforded by single-cell technologies for energy and environmental science, as well as conceptual and technological grand challenges that must be tackled to apply these powerful approaches to plants, fungi and algae. This event, which was spearheaded by Diane Dickel in the Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, brought together a diverse group of leaders in functional genomics technologies from academia, the National Laboratories, and local research institutions.

Biosciences Area FY21 LDRD Projects

April 1, 2020

The projects of 15 Biosciences Area scientists and engineers received funding through the FY21 Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program.

Biosciences Area 2020 LDRD Projects

March 5, 2020

The projects of 14 Biosciences Area scientists and engineers received funding through the FY20 Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program. The funded projects span a diverse array of topics and approaches including: developing closed-loop plastics from biogenic feedstocks; reimagining a root system optimized for plant-microbe interactions; and creating computational tools for extracting macromolecular conformational dynamics. Lab-wide, 96 projects were selected from a field of 168 proposals. Biosciences Area efforts account for 18.5 percent of the $23 million allocated.

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