Search

… The Fungal & Algal Program explores the vast diversity of fungi … that enable fungi and algae to play a vital role in carbon cycling, biodegradation and biogeochemistry. This research helps … The Fungal & Algal Program harnesses cutting-edge sequencing … play a critical role in ecological processes such as carbon cycling, biodegradation and biogeochemistry. The …

… so enediynes are this really cool class of natural product compounds, Alison. They are – if you can imagine – two carbons in a triple bond attached to two carbons in a double … natural products of microbial origin is around 30,000 from fungal, and a 40,000 from bacteria. Okay? And among the …

… The Fungal & Algal Program Advisory Committee is chartered by …

… environmental challenges, such as improving soil health, carbon sequestration and bioeconomy applications. The … Program supports innovations in sustainable agriculture, carbon sequestration and biotechnology. … are derived from isolates and single cells. This effort uncovers novel genes, protein families, and pathways, …

… program enables the design and synthesis of complex genetic pathways and biosystems. It The program fosters … research in synthetic biology by synthesizing genes, pathways, and whole chromosomes for bioenergy and bioproduct … Genome to Enzymes and Pathways focuses on discovering and characterizing enzymes …

… The JGI’s Metabolomics Program works to uncover the roles of small molecules in biological systems, … and analyzing primary and secondary metabolites helps uncover their roles in processes such as nutrient cycling, … including understanding enzymatic transformations, pathways, and how changes in metabolism can affect ecosystem …

… global challenges by exploring plants’ role in capturing carbon, detoxifying soils, interacting with other organisms, … energy into chemical energy — and its implications for carbon sequestration, renewable energy and agricultural … secondary metabolites enhances our understanding of natural compounds that support disease resistance, with applications …

… to really access and manipulate these pathways to get new compounds. And lots of– had some really amazing mentors. DAN … not enough time and money. I mean, we have a huge marine fungal project in collaboration with Bill Fenical at … has existed for thousands of years, but we’d like to start comparing evolution in real time to maybe like hypersaline …

… so we’ve got glycosides being made into sugar-containing compounds, and terpenes come from isoprenes, and polyketides … But… DAN: Yeah, there are a lot of ways to put together carbon molecules. Chemistry is pretty limitless. All right, … of weird growths on livestock due to you know, bacterial or fungal infections. Yeah, okay. So he identified these things …

… products is an older term for the special, natural chemical compounds that you find in plants, fungi and bacteria, … where this happened have a tendency to be susceptible to a fungal infection of rye grain – a specific fungus, Claviceps … ALISON: Okay. We’re looking at a schematic of different pathways in a microbial cell, it looks like. It could be a …

… the high-throughput sequencing of microbial communities to uncover the complex interactions and functions that shape … communities contribute to critical processes such as carbon cycling, nutrient cycling, and energy flow. One of … that support user analysis of biogeochemically-relevant pathways, enabling modeling of microbiomes based on …

… about. He works with methylotrophs, which are a group of carbon-fixing bacteria that I would say are are still fairly … Seattle . And she studies bacteria that grow on one-carbon compounds like methanol and methane. And I really dove into … so methane– biologically produced methane is produced from degradation of carbon in the absence of oxygen. But these …