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… symbionts, detrimental microbial pathogens, and associated viruses that all contribute to a dynamic ecosystem. We are … in a myriad of bacterial strains, whereby they can modulate host metabolism, gene expression and phenotype. We have … Sai Prahabkar (UC Merced Intern) … Plant / Bacteria / Viral Interactions … Single-cell characterization of …

… however they do so under strong constraints exerted by viruses. Research in the viral genomics group aims at … of ecological and evolutionary parameters driving virus:host dynamics in environmental microbial communities. This … of green sulfur bacteria with long standing virus-host interactions. ISME J.   15 , 1569–1584 Roux, S. et al. …

… archaea, and micro-eukaryoes, along with their associated viruses and mobile genetic elements. Beyond exploring and … ecosystems.  By studying microbial communities and their interactions, the Program aims to unlock the fundamental … interactions and functions that shape ecosystems. By decoding the microbial DNA in natural environments, the …

… of terrestrial biogeochemical cycling and inter-organismal interactions. These insights are crucial for addressing key … with microeukaryotes. The program also studies giant viruses. Key research areas include terrestrial … metatranscriptomes. It provides rich data such as inferred host taxonomy, conjugation potential, antibiotic resistance …

… of natural products, Professor Bill Fenical from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. Bill is a pioneer … will be monumental as the last episode with Alison as my co-host. We recorded this an awfully long time ago, and she’s … that they needed to consider chemical impact on species interactions, communication, that kind of thing. But …

… of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and viruses in environmental sequence data. We use multi-omics … (5), 255-255 Schulz et al. (2020) Giant virus diversity and host interactions through global metagenomics. Nature. 578 …

… of thousands of new viral genomes and their predicted hosts (Nature 2016, Science 2017, Nature Microbiology 2018), … ( GEBA-type strains project ), the delineation of host-virus interactions, the exploration of the functional dark matter …

… for another episode of Natural Prodcast. Right now I’m working on this the afternoon of the day I’m due to release it, … the future. So, then we were using these probes to look at host pathogen interactions mostly with like enteric bacteria. And I really …

Hey Marcy!  ALISON: Hey Marcy?  MARCY: Hello. How’s it going?  DAN: Good. How are you?  MARCY: Am fine. I live in a … MARCY: Sure. So my lab has really converged on the study of host-microbe chemistry. And the interactions– As much as we incorporate loads of different …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … together to make small peptides. Those are fun, because the host organism can use whatever amino acids it has access to, … the sponges talk to each other? ERIC:   He was looking at interactions between sponges and other organisms. So one of …

Hey, Alison Takemura: Hey, Dan. Dan Udwary: Today we’re going to talk to Kate Duncan. And Kate is– I should ask, you … you’re giving it a flask. And you’re only giving it so much oxygen. And you go, well, OK, so now it’s going to generate … naturalprodcast.com . Special thanks, as always, to my co-host Alison Takemura. If you like Alison, you want to hear …

Program works to uncover the roles of small molecules in biological systems, linking them with genomic data to … plants and microbes, and understanding microbiome interactions. The  insights derived are crucial for … and bioenergy development. … EcoFABs:  For studying microbe-host (or plant-microbiome) interactions under controlled …