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… while, but Natural Prodcast is back again for another round of episodes. If you stick around for the next few months, … work with my JGI colleague Menaka Wilhelm, who is the host of JGI’s other podcast, Genome Insider . If you’re a Genome … and natural product molecules obviously play a huge role in ecology through cell-cell communication, chemical warfare, …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a podcast about the science and scientists of secondary metabolism.  DAN: Hello, and welcome back for Episode 7 of the Natural Prodcast. It’s been about a month now since …

… … DAN: Welcome back for episode 9 of Natural Prodcast. This week, Alison and I talk to Roger … University in British Columbia, Canada. This is the last of the podcasts we recorded in my hotel room at SIMB, or the … it from the perspective of biofouling, from chemical ecology, from drug discovery in every possible disease …

… host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with … friends or foes. The Impact Microbial communities comprised of fungi and bacteria can thrive in plant roots. They play … bioenergy feedstock crops. Summary A plant is like an office building, its roots are akin to the ground floor …

Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system … act as a protective layer insulating permafrost from the warming regional temperatures. For this reason, the U.S. … environments, occupying every continent except Antarctica. Researchers estimate a quarter of the world’s …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s carbon as well as material that can be … is vital to preserving peatlands in the face of a warming climate. Identifying these sex chromosomes and their …

… genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that “taught” … for biomass and biofuel production. Learning about the ecology and evolution of  Dothideomycetes could provide more …

… less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in … assumed, due to the wide and varied geographic footprint of the plant, that eelgrass began colonizing the oceans  … the Bering strait, which was previously inaccessible due to Arctic ice.  However, much of eelgrass’s colonization in the …

Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The … themselves can also be modified. The best-known example of a modified DNA base is a methylation of the base cytosine … of genomic DNA modifications (epigenome).  In  Nature Ecology & Evolution , a team led by Robert Schmitz at the …

Genome Institute in 2016 and is leading the New Lineages of Life Group. His research is focussed on the discovery of … Microbiology, University of Vienna (Austria) PhD Microbial Ecology and Bioinformatics, University of Vienna (Austria) … … 2024. Time-series metagenomics reveals changing protistan ecology of a temperate dimictic lake. Microbiome . Camargo …

Hey, everyone! Welcome to the “Self Promotion Episode” of Natural Prodcast. A little bit of a bonus episode, since I’m off schedule, but this is an important one that wanted to …

… data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the genomes of algae? You now have one place where you can browse the … strategic focus on exploring algal biology, diversity, and ecology. PhycoCosm has many components that make it useful …