Results
… ensure that all contributors to a research project are appropriately recognized and credited for their work, … is published. The JGI expects that the data produced by the facility result in scientific publications. JGI users and collaborators have the right to …
Learn more
… and how we do it here and maybe give an example of a recent publication. ALISON TAKEMURA: Awesome. Yeah, let’s dive in, … and do the biochemistry to understand what the biosynthetic conversions were and what the mechanisms enzymatically were. … enzyme systems that really just exist to pull an amino acid out of solution and stick another amino acid or …
Learn more
… with my boss, JGI Director Nigel Mouncey. DAN: I’ll start by saying this is the first in-person recording that I’ve … Metabolites Science Program , is that what we officially are? NIGEL MOUNCEY: I think that’s what we are now, Yeah. … help the Society grow. And so I’ve been the chair of the publications committee for the last, what is it now, five …
Learn more
… what you think the terms we should be using for what we do are, and why there and why it’s important to make those … is obtained. So let’s think about synthesis of an amino acid, like tryptophan. You are not allowing any chemical … information. It could be a very unstable interaction, mediated by this antibiotic. So you can start looking into …
Learn more
… it into the feeds, but I’m trying, you guys. Schedules are hard. But, I’m working on it because I really do want … introduction in natural products, so I might just start out by asking you know how did you get started. I know you’re … a particular signal with a particular synthase amino acid sequence we think that can be a great resource for the …
Learn more
… hard it was – it felt kind of like training for a marathon by running at a high altitude! And a lot of us moved on to … product families we talk a lot about in this interview are the RiPPs, which stands for “Ribosomally synthesized and … organism are proteins, which are made up of chains of amino acids. “Peptide” is just another word for a small protein. …
Learn more
… “Adopt a Genome” is an informal program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s … faculty will work with undergraduates in the analysis and publication of the claimed genome sequences. This opportunity, provided by the Joint Genome Institute, builds upon thousands of …
Learn more
… at least, has something that’s maybe obvious or notable. We are still in – not an early stage. I think we can identify … we don’t recognize, because the only way to find things is by comparison. We’ll talk about that when we talk about … communicate – lots of terpenes, and little modified amino acids, and things that they secrete out into the root …
Learn more
… is a professor at UCSD and SIO. Oh, I should say what those are. Brad: What’s SIO, for all those listeners out there? … called Salinospora . This new genus was discovered by friends and colleagues at the Scripps Institution of … Pseudonichia diatom bloom. It made a toxin called domoic acid, [and] caused amnesic shelfish poisoning. Over 100 …
Learn more
… the initial spread of the pandemic in Europe. So if there are any kind of dated references to the news, that’s why. … Usually, in a lot of cases, we still have to go through publications to get proteins, and their functions, and all … thought because of their structure, and their unique amino acids, and these cross links that they must be made in a …
Learn more

