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Reports and Documents

Genomic Science Programmatic Documents

• Genomic Science Program (formerly Genomics:GTL) Awardee Annual Workshop Abstracts. Current research abstracts outline progress toward the program's goal of achieving a predictive, systems-level understanding of plants, microbes, and biological communities. (Meetings are held every spring.)
• DOE Genomic Science Program Overview, May 2011 (PDF)
• Genomics for Energy and the Environment placemat, February 2011
• GTL Strategic Plan, September 2008
• Review of the Department of Energy’s Genomics:GTL Program, National Research Council of the National Academies, May 2006 (PDF)
• Genomics:GTL Roadmap, October 2005 (300-page PDF). Image gallery

Genomic Science Documents by Topic

Biofuels

• Switchgrass Research Group Progress Report, January 2012 (PDF)
• USDA DOE Plant Feedstock Awards, August 2011 (Updated annually; PDF)
• Bioenergy Research Centers: An Overview of the Science brochure, July 2010 (Faster-download PDF or higher-quality PDF). Image gallery
• Sustainability of Biofuels: Future Research Opportunities, Report from the October 2008 Workshop. Published April 2009.
• Breaking the Biological Barriers to Cellulosic Ethanol: A Joint Research Agenda. A Research Roadmap Resulting from the Biomass to Biofuels Workshop, December 7–9, 2005, Rockville, Maryland. Published June 2006. Image gallery
• Biofuels: Bringing Biological Solutions to Energy Challenges brochure, June 2007 (PDF)
• Biofuels Primer Placemat, May 2007. Image gallery
• White Paper: Genomics:GTL Bioenergy Research Centers, August 2006
  • High-resolution PDF (740 KB)
  • Faster-download, lower-resolution PDF (413 KB)
• DOE Mission: Energy Security; 2005 GTL Roadmap Appendix, 17 pages, (PDF)

Carbon Cycling

• Overview: Biological Systems Research on the Role of Microbial Communities in Carbon Cycling, July 2011
  • Fast Download PDF [212 kb]
  • Print-Quality PDF [837 kb]
• Biological Systems Research on the Role of Microbial Communities in Carbon Cycling. Summary of projects awarded, May 2011 (PDF 177 kb)
• Carbon Cycling and Biosequestration: Integrating Biology and Climate Through Systems Science. Report from the March 2008 Workshop. Published December 2008. See also short overview document, February 2009
• DOE Mission: Carbon Cycling and Sequestration, 2005 GTL Roadmap Appendix, 12 pages (PDF, 1701 kb)

Computing

• DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase brochure: Overview of Research Projects Underpinning Knowledgebase Development, August 2011
• DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase Implementation Plan, September 2010
• Systems Biology Knowledgebase for a New Era in Biology. A Genomics:GTL Report from the May 2008 Workshop, March 2009

Structural Biology User Facilities

• Advanced Technologies for Biology brochure, May 2011

Other

• Biosystem Design DRAFT Report from the July 2011 Workshop, January 2012
• New Frontiers in Characterizing Biological Systems, Oct, 2009

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Grand Challenges for Biological and Environmental Research: A Long-Term Vision; A Report from the Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee March 2010 Workshop Overview; PDF

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