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… The Metagenome Program uses advanced sequencing technologies to decode the genomes of microbes in their natural environments. This work encompasses bacteria, archaea, and … to assess microbial activity across ecosystems.  By studying microbial communities and their interactions, the …

… Research in the Woyke laboratory focuses on the utility of single-cell methods to access genetic material of uncultivated taxa of interest. One such effort is targeted at environmental cells that are from candidate phyla, major branches … genomes are critical to serve as phylogenetic anchors for metagenomes studies.  While uncovering the metabolic …

… Research in the Eloe-Fadrosh group focuses on using genome-resolved metagenomic approaches to identify and characterize genomic information from uncultivated microbes and viruses. We develop … computational approaches to sift through thousands of metagenomes for signatures of viruses and novel microbial …

… and environmental challenges. Oh, the magical world of the cow stomach. Rumen – and its microbes – are really a powerhouse. Rumen … materials, rumen microbes and their enzymes are an optimal study subject that could lead to more sustainable energy …

… global challenges by exploring plants’ role in capturing carbon, detoxifying soils, interacting with other organisms, and adapting to environmental changes. The program lays the groundwork for … supports the development of next-generation biofuels by studying perennial grasses and fast-growing trees as …

… about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. Welcome back. This will be episode 12 of … ALISON TAKEMURA: So Nadine, what got you interested in studying natural products? NADINE ZIEMERT: Like almost … that easily can identify secondary metabolite pathways in metagenomes, which is still hard to do. We are mining a lot …

… Microbes drive critical ecosystem functions and affect global nutrient cycling, however they do so under strong constraints exerted by viruses. Research in the viral … and virus genomes have been assembled and reported from metagenomes, our understanding of the impacts of these …

… DAN UDWARY: Hey everyone and welcome back to a new session of Natural Prodcast. … hold me accountable and yell at me if I slip again. My JGI coworkers are way too nice to yell at me, so that’s gonna be … just now switching from intermicrobial interactions, studying intermicrobial interactions by imaging interactions …

… about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. Welcome back for our second season of … like, and then you could characterize it. The classical study that demonstrated this is Challis et al, Chemistry and … and archaeal genomes that were created – these are Metagenome Associated Genomes, or MAGs. So these are genomes …

… As a National User Facility, the JGI serves more than 2,500 users … from the public sector: academic and government institutions — with capabilities that had remained largely unknown … user companies. Now the Department of Energy is uniting National Labs and industry, including User Facilities like the …

… of biofuels, biochemicals and other bioenergy solutions.  The program has been a pioneering effort in functional genomics since 2012, with a focus on addressing … Synthesis Program plays a central role in advancing functional genomics, focusing on developing genetic systems that …

… DAN UDWARY: Hey, everyone! Welcome to the “Self Promotion Episode” of Natural … in natural products as an undergrad. So for me, it was studying sort of the interface of chemistry and biology … the rest of the archaea and fungal genomes and then work on metagenomes. So yeah. So we’ve taken every public sequence …