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… facing humanity. A major focus are biofuel feedstock species and plant-microbe interactions, advancing efforts to … the globe to identify genes to improve our domesticated species.  The program supports the development of … is working to expand genomic resources for key plant species, enhancing our understanding of plant diversity and …

… multipartite phenomenon in additional plant and bacterial species of bioenergy importance. … We are using cutting-edge … or low phosphorus), and how cell identity impacts this response. We will eventually construct a bioenergy plant … … Single-cell characterization of plant/environmental responses … Selected Publications … Research Team Alumni … …

… metabolites all refer to the chemicals that make species unique and different from one another. They are incredibly important to …

… as a field, or subdisciplines, started to grow and have different perspectives– from the chemists on one side, … They produce a large array of different molecular species related– chemically related– but nevertheless we did … central metabolism is the metabolism shared by a group of species. FRANCISCO BARONA-GOMEZ: Yeah, and that it’s under …

… at MIT, and I studied microbial ecology. I studied Vibrio species in the ocean, so heterotrophic bacteria. Now, we … experience some natural products now but maybe that’ll be a different episode. I mean, I’m sure we are experiencing some … that I’m looking at it with, you know, it’s within a species or microbial population, you have some set of shared …

… of electrons that becomes really reactive. And so, different types of enediyne molecules can bind to different … Fleming – the discovery of penicillin from the fungal species – probably told us that fungi could be very … So taxonomically speaking, they belong to different species.  DAN: Yeah, yeah.  BEN: And then for fungus, even …

… and nutrient exchange, as well as microbial and plant responses to environmental changes. With advanced mass … cycling, plant-microbe interactions, and environmental responses. The program employs advanced mass …

… him? I know a lot of people sort of veer off and go into different directions. Brad: Absolutely. You know, my father … us on that. You know, as an added benefit, the S. tropica species also makes an anticancer agent that today is in … at least the last, you know, many years – noticed how many different kinds of projects and how many great students have …

… our ability. And ultimately we went through a whole lot of different processes with plants and animals, really, all … ecologists that they needed to consider chemical impact on species interactions, communication, that kind of thing. But … is an amazingly complex marine bacterium. There are seven species known now, three very common ones. And they’re …

… through isolation and genome sequencing of new fungal species.  Students collect fungi, sterilize tissue, isolate …

… amino acids it has access to, which can be really weird and different, and makes for lots of variety in chemistry. The … one of the most common animals in the ocean. They’re really species-diverse. I lost track actually of the number. But, … say, the last time I checked, it was on the order of 10,000 species. And whenever you’re talking about a new species …

… also, I thought you were a good representative of maybe a different career trajectory than we sometimes see… MARC: … the chemistry of the molecules that get produced changes in response to different selective pressures. It’s really hard to assay because oftentimes we …