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I needed more people to work on things, and to actually do some chemistry. And a few months after I submitted one of … you for destroying my academic career, because things are much better now. Marnix Medema: Well, I had no idea, Dan. … about today and it will be really good to maybe start with how did you get into this field? How did you get into …

… of Energy Joint Genome Institute, or JGI. JGI is a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence … talking about here. JGI, as an institution has recognized how important natural products are to understanding the … is a molecular biology term. We recorded the Primer as a much longer conversation, which I cut into more digestable …

… biosynthetic pathway, and I’ll have to do a whole show on it one of these days. If you listen to the Nancy … is taken care of.  DAN:  We haven’t had anybody talk too much about sponges, but sponges have been a big part of … you’d like to read more about this, I highly recommend his publication last year, “The Biosynthetic Diversity of the …

… sequences. As always, you’ll find transcripts and show notes with links to lots of other resources, especially … is, if I want to explain that to someone who doesn’t know much about genetics or anything else, science wise maybe, … and how we do it here and maybe give an example of a recent publication. ALISON TAKEMURA: Awesome. Yeah, let’s dive in, …

… that city is where I first met Roger, when we were both postdocs at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Roger was … fun conversation with Roger about all this, in terms of how to build an international community collaboration, and … of importance to each host country. It was built very much on the foundations of sort of cooperative and …

… on large-scale sequencing efforts that survey the vast phylogenetic and ecological diversity of fungi and algae, … in their roles associated with plants (mycorrhizae, endophytes, growth promoters, or pathogens) and as the most … studies. These efforts seek to improve understanding of how fungi and algae contribute to ecosystems and industries. …

… “Adopt a Genome” is an informal program for faculty to “claim” … faculty will work with undergraduates in the analysis and publication of the claimed genome sequences. This … while nurturing a fresh cohort of users Reach the next generation of genome scientists and recruit new talent for …

… defense, nutrient acquisition and communication. Studying how these compounds are biosynthesized and their roles in … conditions, with only a small portion of the biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) being expressed. The program works to … metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) across all kingdoms of life. Tools are provided to display annotation data …

… the future. I highly recommend it. I’ll link to it in the show notes. Which I’ll remind you, you can always find at … I think that makes it really exciting because you see how much you can actually learn about it if you look into it … Usually, in a lot of cases, we still have to go through publications to get proteins, and their functions, and all …

… . And I’ll be sure I put that link in the show notes, which you can always find through the JGI website … before they merged with Beecham and SmithKline and became a much bigger company. But, yeah, he was mucking around with … help the Society grow. And so I’ve been the chair of the publications committee for the last, what is it now, five …

… one of my favorite interviews so far – you’re going to hear how passionate and enthusiastic Ben is about our field, and … it’s part of his energy – and he has an accent, and, so, I don’t really have any trouble understanding him, but I know … we hope through enediyne that we will be able to develop much broader applicable technologies that can be applied to …

… metabolomics fuels the discovery  of novel metabolites, genes, and proteins. It also enables exploration of energy … in living systems, particularly as they relate to DOE missions in the bioeconomy, sustainability, and … metabolomics with genomic data to gain insights into how small molecules function within plants, microbes, and …