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… metabolites, like sponges were a really common source for people to try to find new medicines for a long time. But we … of microbes as being able to secrete a lot more things than people do…? Although I don’t study people so maybe I’m wrong. But yeah, I mean, because I …

… also to provide a little more information and context for people who might possibly be interested in listening to a … secondary metabolism. There are probably not that many people who want to do this, but I think even  ALISON: … metabolism is interesting and why it is that we need more people to do work in this field, and why people who are not …

… And so having you, you’ll be able to articulate that to people maybe even better than I can.  NIGEL MOUNCEY: Yeah, … DAN: Good. But first, I usually like to get backgrounds on people. And so you’re obviously not from around here?  NIGEL … bioengineering bio-process R&D, BBRD, a group of about 75 people. So our biggest project was the spinosyn family of …

… today. Usually when we do these interviews, most of the people that I think we’ve talked to so far I either know … QUAVE: Yeah, and it’s funny. It’s kind of weird to me that people are actually reading the book, because it was this … And I’m like, god, no one’s going to read this. And then people have, [CHUCKLES] and it’s just– yeah, it’s a weird …

… of genomic content. So, for example, the actinomycetes that people really like to look at, historically, for these … Tiny Earth is to create a course and a network of people to crowd-source antibiotic discovery. So like I just … is going to be antibiotic. And traditionally where people have looked for antibiotics and the microbes that …

… some really bad infections that are killing more and more people and we need more antibiotics to combat those. We’re … DAN: That’s why they called it that! But for, maybe, people who are less familiar with central dogmas of … I used to use a computer analogy when I was teaching it to people who are outside the field. So DNA might be the …

… The Science Enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to … the ecosystem response to climate change. Through the CSP, researchers are aiming to have two high quality … seven novel species of Acidobacteria through an approved CSP proposal. The researchers found that these species …

… be Katherine. Dan Udwary: Right. Kate Duncan: But most people that know me call me Kate. Dan Udwary: Great. So … liked science in school. I wouldn’t say I was one of these people that wants to study oceanography and was fascinated … at the end of first year University. Quite a lot of people in Europe do this traveling by train inter-railing …

… every once in a while, especially when we start talking to people who specialize in that area. In this primer, we talk … something we sort of covered in the other primers. So people should go back and listen to those. But yeah, the … metaphor. And not only are we interested in medicines for people, but also those molecules that mediate a well …

… one of the most decorated and legendary natural products people– he’s making a face. Talking to us today is Bill … this for a while and I think you’re definitely one of the people that shaped the field early on. So here we go. So … chemical compounds, the kinds of chemical compounds that people never thought they would ever see from a natural …

… natural product community was almost 100% bacterial. Only people working in mycotoxins worked with fungi. And I had … are not clustered…   NANCY: Right. I think that put off people. Just having individual genes, for one, not being in … at a mixed conference like here, where you – there’s still people who only work with bacteria and they’re still …