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… group aims at improving our collective understanding of ecological and evolutionary parameters driving virus:host dynamics in environmental microbial communities. This … involves both experimental and computational exploration of uncultivated viral diversity, characterization of …
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… are complex organisms that harbor a fantastic diversity of cell types and associated organisms, including fungal and … and are influenced by microbial partners. We use a variety of genomics-powered tools to study this complexity, … fungi, viruses. Resident viruses can be found in a myriad of bacterial strains, whereby they can modulate host …
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… analysis techniques to explore the vast and diverse world of microbes. Studying bacteria and archaea, including those … associated with microeukaryotes, enhances our understanding of terrestrial biogeochemical cycling and inter-organismal interactions. These insights are crucial for addressing key …
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… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a … together to make small peptides. Those are fun, because the host organism can use whatever amino acids it has access to, … predators from eating them. And so there’s a long history. There’s, I think, 60 years of history now of people …
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… Hey, everyone! Welcome to the “Self Promotion Episode” of Natural Prodcast. A little bit of a bonus episode, since … but instead it’s two interviews in one. My new co-host, Jackie Winter, has been on a few episodes now, and I … in high school, but I was taking AP classes in English and history so that didn’t– I wasn’t interested in science as …
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… Prodcast episode 17. The guest we have this week is Professor Cassandra Quave from Emory University, with joint … her podcast, “Foodie Pharmacology,” where she talks about history, medicine, cuisine and chemicals. The conversation … naturalprodcast.com . Special thanks, as always, to my co-host Alison Takemura. If you like Alison, you want to hear …
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… schedule. This should be coming out on the first Thursday of the month, just like I promised. Now I just have to make … over our interview with Dr Elizabeth (or Betsy) Parkinson from Purdue University. She’s in the Department of Chemistry … yeah. If you can expand that repertoire, then yeah, you're helping things a lot for sure. JACKIE: So this will …
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… research is focused on the discovery and characterization of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and … to identify new divergent lineages and expand the Tree of Life. We then investigate the coding potential to find … Exploring the fascinating world of giant viruses, which challenge our understanding of viral …
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… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a … getting. The other thing is really remarkable. So, as a history, right, if I am using probably a most simple-minded … at naturalprodcast.com Special thanks, as always, to my co-host, Alison Takemura. <woohoo> If you like Alison, and want …
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… uses advanced sequencing technologies to decode the genomes of microbes in their natural environments. This work … ecosystems. By studying microbial communities and their interactions, the Program aims to unlock the fundamental … how microbes contribute to ecosystem functions, the Program helps drive innovations that could advance our understanding …
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… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a … of background. My name is Dan Udwary. I – as well as my co-host, Alison Takemura, whose voice you’ll hear in a minute – … field with very real and truly amazing science with a long history, and that’s what we’re going to be talking about …
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… The JGI’s Metabolomics Program works to uncover the roles of small molecules in biological systems, linking them with genomic data to enhance our understanding of genome science, organisms, and ecosystems at the … plants and microbes, and understanding microbiome interactions. The insights derived are crucial for …
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