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… in Berkeley. I’m not in Paris.  ALISON: Oh my god. Where are we? I know, I know. I know.  DAN: You know where you … and synthetic biology. But also the metagenomics and gut microbiome, as I think that it’s like a perfect storm in … penicillin from the fungal species – probably told us that fungi could be very productive sources for, say, biological …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint … natural chemical compounds that you find in plants, fungi and bacteria, basically all living things. When your … institution has recognized how important natural products are to understanding the natural environment, and so our …

… … DAN: Welcome back for episode 9 of Natural Prodcast. This … North America. ALISON:  Yeah, and it does sound like your career has incorporated a lot of diversity. I mean, going to … metabolomics, and natural products in plants, fungi, and microorganisms. If you want to collaborate, let …

Twitter friends, so– CASSANDRA QUAVE: Yeah, Twitter friends are the best. DAN UDWARY: Yeah, for sure. CASSANDRA QUAVE: … nothing for. We’re also working on organisms, pathogenic fungi like Candida aureus in the lab and we work on … I think on COVID that we’re getting ready to submit for publication and have found some interesting hits for that as …

… bacterial sacred metabolite, and ergot alkaloids come from fungi, and Taxol from plants. Plants, fungi, bacteria, … at least, has something that’s maybe obvious or notable. We are still in – not an early stage. I think we can identify … of bacteria and the things that they’re doing in the human gut. Turns out, there’s a lot of chemistry happening there – …

… is a professor at UCSD and SIO. Oh, I should say what those are. Brad: What’s SIO, for all those listeners out there? … a glass fermenter, but is the fermenter also known as our gut? And can you be able to re engineer the gut microbiota … metabolomics, and natural products in plants, fungi, and microorganisms. If you want to collaborate, let …

… is like, what’s your origin story in natural products? Why are you doing this? JACLYN WINTER: I’ll kind of go back to … with Christian, I started getting a little bit more into fungi and learning the differences of all the genetic … And I think a lot of times, too, when we even look at publications, it’s always positive data, right? No one ever …

Metabolites Science Program , is that what we officially are?  NIGEL MOUNCEY: I think that’s what we are now, Yeah.  … which, at least at the time, was called Inatreq . It’s a fungicide that is active against Sartoria which is a really … help the Society grow. And so I’ve been the chair of the publications committee for the last, what is it now, five …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint … things, and what we’re hoping to accomplish at JGI in this area. If this series of podcast episodes has sparked your … been shared for a long time by many, many bacteria – and fungi and plants. And so that’s the power and the promise …

… 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 … metabolomics, and natural products in plants, fungi, and microorganisms. If you want to collaborate, let … of natural product biosynthesis in bacteria ” The ActDES publication came out after we talked. It looks like a great …

… … DAN: All right. Welcome back to Natural Prodcast. I did it. … schedule. This should be coming out on the first Thursday of the month, just like I promised. Now I just have to make … to have you do it. So, I don't know how we start out. Where are we going to go from here? JACKIE: Well, how about you …