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Hey Marcy!  ALISON: Hey Marcy?  MARCY: Hello. How’s it going?  DAN: Good. How are you?  MARCY: Am fine. I live in a … now?  MARCY: Sure. So my lab has really converged on the study of host-microbe chemistry. And the interactions– As … of biology, one of the best things that we do is work with this really great group of biologists that know what they’re …

… the process needed to prepare and ship samples for sequencing by the JGI.  Additionally it includes instructions on … sends Project Manager (PM) a list of organism names (or for metagenomes, sample names).  Need help naming your … samples Send your package on a Monday or Tuesday of the week specified in the shipping approval email (please avoid …

… is Professor Cassandra Quave from Emory University, with joint appointments in the School of Medicine and College of … And for the audience, ethnobotany is the scientific study of the ways that people interact with plants, whether it’s for plants to make clothing, or musical instruments, or food, or medicine, which was really where my …

… for Episode 14 of Natural Prodcast . There’s been a lot going on, so I took a little break, but I’m hoping that from … And these were not in natural products, these were in studying regulatory mechanisms of, first, E. coli and then … in an obvious way. NIGEL MOUNCEY: We did a little bit of metagenome screening work and did find related clusters. But …

… … Dan Udwary: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … what was this bacterium, and why did your group want to study it? Marnix Medema: You mean the PhD project that I … primer episode, we talked about genome mining through some metagenome associated genomes. And yes, antiSMASH is …

… “Adopt a Genome” is an informal program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s … analysis and publication of the claimed genome sequences. This opportunity, provided by the Department of Energy Joint … datasets encompassing >150,000 isolate genomes, 230,000 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), and 40,000+ metagenomes …

… back to a new session of Natural Prodcast. I’ve got two things I wanted to tell you about in this introduction. First … hold me accountable and yell at me if I slip again. My JGI coworkers are way too nice to yell at me, so that’s gonna be … just now switching from intermicrobial interactions, studying intermicrobial interactions by imaging interactions …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … the end, we took an approach that was kind of a simplified metagenome sequencing approach to pick this system apart.  … crack this case, then that would open up our field to other study. And so it was kind of an early example, to try to …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … solve those problems. It’s a fantastic place to work, and this is the best job I’ve ever had. So, ok, that’s fine and … I’m definitely seeing why this is such an important area to study. Okay, what’s your third story?  DAN: The third story …

… of Natural Prodcast. This week, Alison and I talk to Roger Linington, from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, … natural products science as a field, we have arguably been studying microbial natural products in an ordered way for … technology and the improvement in sensitivity of those instruments. And that’s been followed by developments in pulse …

The JGI has diverse capabilities in: DNA and RNA sequencing, Sample and library preparation, … base outputs for each product. For custom requests not on this list, or to discuss experimental design for a proposal, … metabolites and unidentified features in spectra. 167/214 Metagenome Metatranscriptome Environmental transcript …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … So like, as an undergraduate, I was like, no, I’m going to study architecture. I like making things and designing … the end of last year. Dan: So these are going to be seaweed metagenomes? You’re sequencing everything? Brad: Metagenomes …