Podcasts Archives - DOE Joint Genome Institute

November 24, 2020

Natural Prodcast Episode 11: Marnix Medema

In this Natural Prodcast podcast episode, Marnix Medema of Wageningen University and his collaborators have a fantastic set of software tools for exploring secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs). [Read More]

November 12, 2020

Genome Insider Episode 9: The Soil Blooms Green

In Genome Insider, Penn State researchers Mary Ann Bruns and Terry Bell are studying a microbial community that might be quietly improving the soil. [Read More]

November 9, 2020

Natural Prodcast Episode 10: A Primer on Genome Mining

In this Natural Prodcast episode, the basics of genome mining, including an analogy involving the California Gold Rush. Also covered: a new publication out of JGI in Nature Biotechnology. [Read More]

October 13, 2020

Genome Insider Episode 8: A Plantiful Future: Xiaohan Yang

Can plants help humans attain a renewable energy future? Xiaohan Yang, a scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, believes they can. [Read More]

September 9, 2020

Genome Insider Episode 7: Decoding Yellowstone’s microbial mats

Researchers studying cyanobacteria in Yellowstone National Park encountered surprises, adopted new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the microbial mat denizens. [Read More]

August 13, 2020

Genome Insider (Mini-)Episode 6. How Microbes Can Protect Plants in Drier Straits

A mini-episode looking at the efforts of Pankaj Trivedi, whose New Investigator proposal was recently approved through the JGI Community Science Program, to use microbiome science to help plants cope with drought conditions. [Read More]

July 14, 2020

Genome Insider Episode 5: Corals in Hot Water Get Help From Their Microbes

The Genome Insider podcast presents JGI-supported research on the coral microbiome and how it could help corals deal with rising temperatures due to climate change. [Read More]

June 9, 2020

Genome Insider Episode 4: The Big Deal About Short Plants

The Genome Insider podcast presents JGI-supported research on the “short plant,” Ceratodon purpureus or fire moss. Its genome could shed light on gene function in other plants, including bioenergy sources. Guests Stuart McDaniel and his then-graduate student Sarah Carey of the University of Florida were interviewed at the Plant & Animal Genome (PAG) Conference held in early 2020. [Read More]

May 28, 2020

Natural Prodcast Episode 9: Roger Linington

In this episode of the Natural Prodcast, guest Roger Linington from Simon Fraser University talks about the Natural Product Atlas, a high-quality freely-available natural products structure database developed produced by a large international collaboration. [Read More]

May 12, 2020

Genome Insider Episode 3: River Microbiomes From Around The World

The Genome Insider podcast presents JGI-supported research by Kelly Wrighton and her team at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. With more than a dozen principal investigators, the group has a massive undertaking: sequencing the world’s river microbiomes. JGI is a user facility of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science and located at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, CA. [Read More]