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… DAN UDWARY: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s Natural Prodcast– a … bright guy who’s been thinking for a long time about the evolution and natural products systems. This conversation … is that you could, therefore, expect a lot of chemical diversity. So many compounds will fulfill the same function. …

… postdoc Panama as part of the international cooperative biodiversity group (ICBG) based in Panama and was dual there … And we’ve done some work with those and have a couple of publications out there on the chemistry. There’s so much … was episode 6.] about this. And really his focus was on the evolution of these systems and I understand you’ve worked on …

… DAN: Hey, everybody. Welcome back for another episode of Natural Prodcast. Right now I’m working on this the … the answer would be that there’s actually a great deal of diversity within these methanotrophs for example, that are … So that’s– so that could be an example of convergent evolution, but just speculating there. But it’s interesting …

… and how we do it here and maybe give an example of a recent publication. ALISON TAKEMURA: Awesome. Yeah, let’s dive in, … Yeah, bacteria sound like a good place, to me, to look for diversity because there are so many bacteria, because it is … do some sort of slightly novel chemistry. That’s just how evolution works. So if secondary metabolism is really …

… Secondary Metabolites Program focuses on the exploration of secondary metabolites across bacteria, fungi, algae and … growth, provide critical advantages to the organisms producing them, and are often involved in defense, nutrient … program aims to tap into the largely unexplored biochemical diversity within secondary metabolites, expanding their …

… And I found her review in natural product reports on the evolution of genome mining and microbes with Mohammad … Usually, in a lot of cases, we still have to go through publications to get proteins, and their functions, and all … see. So it doesn’t seem to be a correlation between biodiversity in taxa and biodiversity in secondary metabolites. …

… for you here today. We got the opportunity to talk to one of the real legends of natural products, Professor Bill … Wow. It’s all happened so fast. I mean, in terms of human evolution and knowledge, like discovering that the ocean is … it took 15 to 18 years before we were able to convince the diversity of marine ecologists that they needed to consider …

… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a … with animal metabolism itself, and it’s really amazing what diversity there is in animals. I think, even despite the … They’re at the base of the animal kingdom, in terms of evolution. Because they’re sitting there, they tend to have …

… The Joint Genome Institute and the Molecular Foundry have launched … for researchers to request the capabilities and expertise of both national user facilities in one research proposal.  … challenges in the sourcing, recovery, and utilization of critical minerals and materials. The proposal submission …

… to more easily integrate the expertise and capabilities of multiple Department of Energy Office of Science National … aims to encourage innovative research exploiting a diversity of capabilities. Previously, researchers had to … provides customized analysis, the JGI also participates in publication of results. …

… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … for multiple applications. The planet’s microbial diversity is immense, yet much of it remains unknown. For … resource, but also yielding and supporting many high-impact publications ,” emphasized Markus Göker, who managed the …

… The Fungal & Algal Program explores the vast diversity of fungi and algae to unlock their potential for bioenergy, environmental sustainability, and bioproducts. By sequencing and analyzing the … and advanced genomic analysis to explore the rich diversity of fungi and algae. These organisms play a …