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… cluster database, and a tool for predicting natural product structures from genomes. And I was writing grants furiously … your group want to study it? Marnix Medema: You mean the PhD project that I didn’t finish? Alison Takemura: Yeah. … the action of the microbiome because if you sterilize the soil, the protective effect is gone. You can transplant the …

… what it’s like to do field science as a woman and with a physical disability, you’re gonna love it and enjoy it and … 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 …

… Research in the Woyke laboratory focuses on the utility of single-cell methods to … is targeted at environmental cells that are from candidate phyla, major branches in the phylogenetic tree without … Phylogenetic diversity estimates show that the gap between … gap is also reflected in the strongly biased representation of sequenced genomes in the public domain, the bulk of which …

… Plants are complex organisms that harbor a fantastic diversity of cell types and associated organisms, including fungal and … symbionts, detrimental microbial pathogens, and associated viruses that all contribute to a dynamic ecosystem. We are … they can modulate host metabolism, gene expression and phenotype. We have recently identified resident …

… joined the JGI in 2017, he brought with him 20 years of industry experience — and an opportunity to expand the … the JGI has a key role to play in providing high-quality, structured and curated data to support AI applications. In … enables users to test hypotheses via designed and assembled physical DNA constructs that can then be functionally …

… You, too. DAN UDWARY: Oh, yeah. ALISON TAKEMURA: My big headphones. DAN UDWARY: I’m sitting on my bed in Paris, pointing … Usually, in a lot of cases, we still have to go through publications to get proteins, and their functions, and all … of these environments? NADINE ZIEMERT: So we started with soil. But we also have, in collaboration with other people, …

… Foundry have launched a joint Critical Minerals and Materials proposal call . This represents a unique … 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 …

… Science Program (CSP) provides the scientific community at large with access to high-throughput sequencing, … synthesis, and metabolomics at the JGI for projects of relevance to Department of Energy (DOE)  Mission Areas . Through this program, the … more customized analysis, the JGI also participates in publication of results. See more details on our Review …

… The Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) call … for researchers to request the capabilities and expertise of multiple DOE National User Facilities in one research … provides customized analysis, the JGI also participates in publication of results. …

… I’m fascinated to learn more about. He works with methylotrophs, which are a group of carbon-fixing bacteria that I … could imagine if you have two colonies of bacteria in the soil or something and they’re competing with each other, if … “tail of the acyl homoserine lactone” can have different structures, and that is akin to what you’re referring to …

… insulted. DAN UDWARY: You are a trained scientist with a PhD. I know that you know what you’re talking about. ALISON … 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 …

… genomic information from uncultivated microbes and viruses. We develop computational approaches to sift through thousands of metagenomes for signatures of viruses and novel microbial … diversity, leading to a better understanding of microbial communities and ecosystem function.  The Environmental …