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… Our research is focused on the discovery and characterization of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes … data. We use multi-omics (metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, single cell genomics and phylogenomics) and machine … to identify new divergent lineages and expand the Tree of Life. We then investigate the coding potential to find novel …

… 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable … Nobel Foundation as having “a revolutionary impact on the life sciences.” Building upon CRISPR-Cas9 work, the Doudna … collection of publicly accessible metagenomic datasets from a wide variety of ecosystems around the world, …

… “Adopt a Genome” is an informal program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s unpublished microbial genomes, with the expectation that faculty will work with undergraduates in the … talent for biosciences.  Adopt-a-Genome has: ~20 faculty from institutions across the country Efforts in ongoing …

… focuses on using genome-resolved metagenomic approaches to identify and characterize genomic information from uncultivated microbes and viruses. We develop … potential applications. By recovering population genomes from metagenomes, we gain insights into microbial …

… to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s Natural Prodcast, a podcast about natural products and the … genome mining on more than 50,000 genomes that we derived from meta-genome sequences. As always, you’ll find … of if there’s anything kind of in my normal day-to-day life where there are 87,000 kinds. What fraction of those …

… The Metagenome Program uses advanced sequencing technologies to decode the genomes of microbes in their natural environments. This work encompasses bacteria, … regulation, and noncoding RNAs in microbiomes. The insights from this work have the potential to drive innovations in …

… Program focuses on using cutting-edge sequencing, annotation and analysis techniques to explore the vast and diverse world of microbes. Studying bacteria and archaea, including those associated with microeukaryotes, enhances our understanding of … Novel approaches are being explored to predict microbial lifestyles using AI-driven analysis of such datasets. The …

… UDWARY: Hey everyone and welcome back to a new session of Natural Prodcast. I’ve got two things I wanted to tell you … our interview this week is with Professor Brian Bachmann from Vanderbilt University’s Chemistry Department, where he … And I said, well, it’s possible to do this. And life has figured out how to do this. So I started to look …

… to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a podcast about the science and scientists … This time, we’ve got a great interview with Ben Shen, from the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter Florida. This … for which, by genome sequencing, we know they are more proliferative than the enediyne we have isolated to date by the …

… Hey, Dan. Dan Udwary: Today we’re going to talk to Kate Duncan. And Kate is– I should ask, you are Kate Duncan? … studied chemistry, because she switched her degree program from geography to chemistry. So we were both enrolled as … and maths– but there’s actually more women than men in life sciences at the undergraduate level. However, at the …

… DNA Synthesis Program supports a wide range of projects, from single-gene synthesis to the synthesis of entire chromosomes, advancing the … critical energy and environmental challenges. Through innovative research in synthetic biology, the program enables the …

… DAN UDWARY: Hey everyone. Welcome back to Natural Prodcast. This continues the series of interviews we … we have our conversation with Professor Alison Narayan, from the University of Michigan. I hope she’ll accept this … associated with the chemistry department as well as the life sciences department. So welcome, Alison to today’s …