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… discoveries and catalyzing a major transition of biology into data science.  Research in the Kyrpides group focuses … S, et al. (2021) Metagenomic compendium of 189,680 DNA viruses from the human gut microbiome. Nat Microbiol . … Biotechnology  35(7):676-683 Schulz F, et al. (2017) Giant viruses with an expanded complement of translation system …

… genomic information from uncultivated microbes and viruses. We develop computational approaches to sift through thousands of metagenomes for signatures of viruses and novel microbial lineages, and reconstruct …

… basic ideas of the science of natural products, and we dive into the very early history of the field. If you continue … cell.  DAN: It depends on lifestyle. So there are lots of different organisms that produce secondary metabolites for … like, you know, like an organism. They have specialized cells and the ecology there is really fascinating, probably …

Bill is a pioneer of marine natural products, getting into the ocean and looking for molecules from the very … our ability. And ultimately we went through a whole lot of different processes with plants and animals, really, all … that the molecules out there would be toxic to cancer cells. And that started something big. Because at that time, …

… encoded in plants, fungi, microalgae, environmental viruses, and bacteria to contribute to a more sustainable … world. Learn about JGI-supported projects, delving into the researchers’ motivations, the insights that amaze …

… thought I’d take an academic job then, but I ended up going into industry. Saw a job at Roche, and that was to work with … family of insecticides that Dow had already commercialized into two main products. One is Spinosad. Its a natural … NIGEL MOUNCEY: Right. An amazing product, really, in a way. Different formulations. But the breadth of crops, the …

… have to see if I’m going to slip a day on releasing it into the feeds, but I’m trying, you guys. Schedules are … like to be introduced, Aaron? I guess because you’ve had a different– I mean, a little bit different introduction in … really, really important part of their ecology, are these cells communicating with one another. What can you tell us …

BARONA-GOMEZ: I think that the very first thing that got us into this is that we should, in any case, use definitions … as a field, or subdisciplines, started to grow and have different perspectives– from the chemists on one side, … production of these compounds, which, in turn, translate into a high chemical diversity. So that’s just the type of …

In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But what trends govern those … Do generalist viruses run rampant, capable of infecting different host species? Or, do they tend to specialize, … an estimated 40 to 80 percent of all the microbial cells on Earth. As microbial predators, viruses are able to …