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… but instead it’s two interviews in one. My new co-host, Jackie Winter, has been on a few episodes now, and I … And I think a lot of times, too, when we even look at publications, it’s always positive data, right? No one ever … genome right now. But eventually, it will be– it could be a viral sequence. It could be a contig. It could be whatever …

… Biology is currently experiencing a revolution brought on by rapid developments in genomics and other omics technologies.  The exponential growth of DNA … of thousands of new viral genomes and their predicted hosts (Nature 2016, Science 2017, Nature Microbiology 2018), …

… The Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) call represents a unique … provides customized analysis, the JGI also participates in publication of results. … Proposals for the annual FICUS call with EMSL begin with a Letter of Intent … in rank order by the reviewers. The ranked proposal list, along with a recommendation from management at the JGI and …

… of background. My name is Dan Udwary. I – as well as my co-host, Alison Takemura, whose voice you’ll hear in a minute – … I did a PhD in microbiology at MIT, and I studied microbial ecology. I studied Vibrio species in the ocean, so … is a chemical compound called geosmin that’s produced by soil bacteria that live all over the place. So that smell of …

… and how we do it here and maybe give an example of a recent publication. ALISON TAKEMURA: Awesome. Yeah, let’s dive in, … disparate environments. There’s some marine. There’s some soil samples. There’s human gut samples. There’s lots and … metabolism genes don’t look like the genes in their host. And so, sometimes those kinds of things get lost in …

… With collaborative user projects, the JGI’s Plant Program delves into the … by exploring plants’ role in capturing carbon, detoxifying soils, interacting with other organisms, and adapting to … of how plants have naturally adapted to varied climate and soil conditions around the globe to identify genes to …

… DAN UDWARY: You’re listening to the Department of Energy … the producing organism and strong interactions and the host or even in tripartite systems. So, in those cases, it’s … as a raw material telling us, hey something is happening along this particular route. There is expansions. You should …

… products because they’re easy to find. They grow in the soil. These are the same guys that produce geosmin. And so … know, like an organism. They have specialized cells and the ecology there is really fascinating, probably a bit under … at naturalprodcast.com Special thanks, as always, to my co-host, Alison Takemura. <woohoo> If you like Alison, and want …

… single cell work we’re doing. And using these together along with all of our computational tools to really build … being used to essentially domesticate a range of different host organisms through introducing “landing pads” that you … help the Society grow. And so I’ve been the chair of the publications committee for the last, what is it now, five …

… and culture-disconnected. Like we’ll take some soil samples and sequence all the bugs out of that or … I think on COVID that we’re getting ready to submit for publication and have found some interesting hits for that as … naturalprodcast.com . Special thanks, as always, to my co-host Alison Takemura. If you like Alison, you want to hear …

… even know of your existence back then. So there was no hostilities. Dan Udwary: That is certain, yes. So welcome. I … a group of Jos Raaijmakers at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology and Victor Carrion who was the postdoc leading that … the action of the microbiome because if you sterilize the soil, the protective effect is gone. You can transplant the …