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… secondary metabolite peptides. And there are two ways that nature does this. The more well-known secondary metabolism … can use peptides for! That’s what his collaboration with JGI is all about, and we talk about it a bit here. I have … of Illinois, and many others who are very collaborative in nature, I think, led to kind of the definition of our field …

… first genome sequence with you. Brad: That’s right,  Dan: JGI did it in fact. Brad: That was a magical project I … of those, you know, early-on reactions that we see. And so nature does that as well. But it does it with exquisite … so, for us, we’re fascinated by understanding the logic of nature and how it can control something that a chemist is …

But um, yeah, so secondary metabolism is throughout nature, except maybe for animals and humans, not as much. … have that goal. That’s not as much our goal here at the JGI – we are not a medicinally focused organization. And so, … for secondary metabolism, they are copies and changes that nature has made. So secondary metabolism is adaptation of …

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… you guys. I’m trying really hard just for you. And the JGI Comms team. But mostly you. Anyway…I’m really happy … DAN: Oh, I did not know that. That's cool. JACKIE: But nature can do this. BETSY PARKINSON: But nature can do it much better than a lot of synthetic …

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… understand the chemical diversity and chemical utility that nature has to offer us. I found this conversation really … let me know! I’m dying to hear from you. Toss an email to  jgi[email protected] , or leave us a review on Apple Podcasts … broader questions about how chemistry is diversified in nature, and when it is not diversified and why? Where are …

… things I want to make sure that we talk about. You have a JGI project going with us that we want to talk a little bit … So fortunately, the secondary metabolite component of the JGI, people are interested in this area. DAN UDWARY: I know … gets off the sequencers. The pandemic has obviously slowed JGI down a little bit. But I know these things are underway. …

… niche in chemical enzymology. So, we talked about her JGI DNA synthesis project to explore the chemical … also twofold but for different reasons to learn about how nature builds molecules because nature does this with such elegance And also to take …

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… you can always find at naturalprodcast.com or through the JGI website at jgi.doe.gov . There’s a lot more to talk … all sorts of different colors. I mean, where else in nature– and they’re not fungal. Where else nature can you go see colonies of bacteria just growing? …

… natural products chemistry, and he has a project with the JGI to synthesize the genes for and explore the chemistry of … episode , you’ve heard a little about these, and Aaron and JGI are working together to try to understand the enzymology … no longer with us… She’s alive! She just doesn’t work for JGI anymore! [LAUGHTER] AARON PURI: Yeah. That got way more …