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… of sequence We synthesized 9.7 Megabases of DNA We processed 13,700 metabolomics samples With our users, 247 … that gave participants hands-on experience with the data processing and analysis workflows that we offer. We welcomed …

… have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results … The Impact Stable isotope probing is a long and laborious process — as well as a key way scientists study … to study individually. Many microorganisms hold clues to processes like biodegradation, with potential applications …

… multiple copies of some genes. This polyploidization process is ongoing and many plants, including agricultural … three  Brachypodium  grasses have small genomes, short life cycles and can be easily transformed, traits that make them …

… And ultimately we went through a whole lot of different processes with plants and animals, really, all over the … tests to see if they’re good, if they can be used. The process of drug discovery, of course, is very complicated, … inoculum, different kinds of samples, and we went through a process of using diverse media, sometimes no nutrients. And …

… the researchers identified other bacteria and microbial processes that support PCE biodegradation. The results … at NRAP, and efforts are ongoing to complete cleanup.  The process that was used to clean up the toxic chemicals is … microbes involved in the early years of the biodegradation process, researchers collected microbial samples from wells …

… vent communities, with possible applications in biogeochemical engineering,  biofuel production and more. …

… host microbes impact the regulation of global nutrient cycles. The JGI’s latest strategic plan (download a copy  here ) describes how understanding these nutrient cycles can help researchers contribute toward developing the …

… Products in Switzerland, and as Bioengineering and Bioprocessing R&D Director and Leader at Dow AgroSciences in … of novel production organisms and fermentation processes for vitamins, insecticides, fungicides, platform … (2012) U.S. Patent Application US8318462 Fermentation process. (2008) U.S. Patent Application US7344855 …

… facilitate or even accelerate the natural product discovery process. Hopefully that will translate to new medicine. DAN: … at moving the lead into a product. But [for] the discovery process, it is really small biotech companies, or, like … to spin off the strain collection and ie the discovery process and to organizations that probably have a better …

… your fancy when you start collecting samples for later processing? BRIAN BACHMANN: Yeah, well, there’s a lot of– … is coming from chemoautotrophic and chemolithotrophic processes at that point. Those are very– those are deserts. … it’s not fixable. But if we can then co-opt the life processes in making knockouts or knockins, doing some …

… is an expertise in those two fields and the ability to process samples at scale. So, lots of samples. ALISON: Yeah, … So 10,000. We have many more isolates right now than we’ve processed. So it’s an exercise of going back to the fridge … are the other micro organisms that might be helpful in that process?   MARC: Right.  ALISON: Cool. Well, yeah, I feel …