Podcasts Archives - DOE Joint Genome Institute

June 8, 2021

Genome Insider S2 Episode 5: A Powerful Technique to Study Microbes, Now Easier

In this episode of JGI’s Genome Insider: Jennifer Pett-Ridge teamed with JGI scientists to improve a protocol, using robots to help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. [Read More]

May 18, 2021

Genome Insider S2 Episode 4: Party in the Rhizosphere

In this episode of the JGI’s Genome Insider, you’re invited to the rhizosphere, where the microbes play. [Read More]

April 13, 2021

Genome Insider S2 Episode 3: Better Living Through Bioenergy

In this episode of JGI’s Genome Insider, scientists are working with Pseudomonas putida to help bring about a more sustainable, bio-based economy. [Read More]

March 11, 2021

Natural Prodcast Episode 13: Francisco Barona Goméz

Natural Prodcast guest Francisco Barona-Gomez suggests discussing natural products from bacteria-centric terms and not from a human-centric point of view. [Read More]

March 9, 2021

Genome Insider S2 Episode 2: Cracking the Secrets of the Diatom’s Shell

In this JGI Genome Insider episode, Setsuko Wakao and Kris Niyogi are investigating how diatoms make their silica shells. [Read More]

February 4, 2021

Genome Insider S2 Episode 1: Exploring the Diversity of the American Prairie’s Switchgrass

In this episode of JGI’s Genome Insider, a team of scientists pursue secrets of switchgrass diversity through its genome. [Read More]

December 22, 2020

Natural Prodcast Episode 12: Nadine Ziemert

Continuing the Natural Prodcast series on genome mining, guest Nadine Ziemert from the University of Tübingen on the evolution of secondary metabolite pathways as viewed through metagenome studies, and what more JGI and others can do to enable progress in this area of natural products. [Read More]

November 24, 2020