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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Natural Prodcast Episode 8: Eric Schmidt
This episode of the Natural Prodcast podcast features guest Eric W. Schmidt from the University of Utah, a natural products chemist who works in a wide variety of marine organisms. The interview was conducted at the SIMB Natural Products conference in January 2020. [Read More]