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… of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and viruses in environmental sequence data. We use multi-omics (metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, single cell genomics and phylogenomics) and machine learning … Exploring the fascinating world of giant viruses, which challenge our understanding of viral …

… critical ecosystem functions and affect global nutrient cycling, 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 …

… fantastic diversity of cell types and associated organisms, including fungal and bacterial symbionts, detrimental microbial pathogens, and associated viruses that all contribute to a dynamic ecosystem. We are … and complex ecosystem that includes bacteria, fungi, viruses. Resident viruses can be found in a myriad of …

… The Metagenome Program uses advanced sequencing technologies to decode the genomes of microbes in their … 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 …

… The JGI’s Microbial Program focuses on using cutting-edge sequencing, annotation and analysis techniques to … 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 …

… 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 …

… Biology is currently experiencing a revolution brought on by rapid developments in genomics and other omics technologies.  The exponential growth of DNA sequencing data, coupled with recent computational technology … ( GEBA-type strains project ), the delineation of host-virus interactions, the exploration of the functional dark …

… 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 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 …

… 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 … of Utah’s Chemistry Department. We talked about carbon-fixing methylotrophs, quorum sensing, and inverse stable …

… 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 …

… 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 … uncultivated Bacteria and Archaea has steadily been widening since 2005. This gap is also reflected in the strongly …