Jim Bristow

As Deputy of Science for the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute, Dr. Bristow is responsible for the development and implementation of the Community Science Program (CSP), which provides large-scale DNA sequencing and analysis for investigator-initiated projects of relevance to DOE missions in energy and environment. He also oversees the Plant, Fungal, Microbial, and Metagenome science programs, as well as managing DOE JGI’s activities as a user facility. Dr. Bristow received his medical degree from Harvard University, following which he was a member of the University of California, San Francisco faculty for more than 15 years, directing a molecular genetics research lab and working as a pediatric cardiologist. He has held leadership positions on several grant review boards and advisory committees for the American Heart Association, the National Institutes of Health, and DOE. His research interests include the application of high-throughput sequencing to epigenetic regulation of gene expression and functional annotation of microbial genomes and metagenomes.