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Research Interests and Accomplishments
Justin H. Johnson is a Bioinformatics Manager at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI). Justin's primary responsibility is the development and oversight of bioinformatics pipelines and data services as they relate to the biotechnology core and finishing groups, viral sequencing, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation 150 Marine Microbial Genomes Project, the Global Oceans Metagenomics program, and the high throughput analysis/implementation pipelines for shotgun assembly and genome analysis.
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Kettler, G. C., Martiny, A. C., et al.
Patterns and implications of gene gain and loss in the evolution of Prochlorococcus
PLoS Genet. 2007 Dec 01; 3(12): e231.
Venkatesh, B., Kirkness, E. F., et al.
Survey Sequencing and Comparative Analysis of the Elephant Shark (Callorhinchus milii) Genome
PLoS Biol. 2007 Apr 03; 5(4): e101.
Fuchs, B.M., Spring, S., et al.
Whole genome analysis of Congregibacter litoralis strain KT71, the first cultured aerobic gammaproteobacterium capable of anoxygenic Photosynthesis
PLOS. 2007 Feb 20;
Fuchs, B. M., Spring, S., et al.
Characterization of a marine gammaproteobacterium capable of aerobic anoxygenic photosynthesis
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Feb 20; 104(8): 2891-6.
Venkatesh, B., Kirkness, E. F., et al.
Ancient noncoding elements conserved in the human genome
Science. 2006 Dec 22; 314(5807): 1892.
Goldberg, S. M., Johnson, J., et al.
A Sanger/pyrosequencing hybrid approach for the generation of high-quality draft assemblies of marine microbial genomes
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jul 13; 103(30): 11240-5.