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… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a podcast about the … 8 of Natural Prodcast. This week, we have our conversation with Professor Eric Schmidt, from the University of Utah. … changing these properties, you can make compounds that are better antibiotics, for example, that are more stable to …

… ‘omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function, particularly those not readily achievable without the capabilities and expertise available at the JGI. … or experimental design, click below to schedule time with Tanja Woyke, Deputy for User Programs. Technical and …

… the public sector: academic and government institutions — with capabilities that had remained largely unknown and … Director Nigel Mouncey joined the JGI in 2017, he brought with him 20 years of industry experience — and an … accessible, AI-ready large-scale data repositories for genome information with analysis tools for mining and …

… and more. And eventually, their findings could help us grow better crops, with less impact on our planet. …

… Menaka Wilhelm, who is the host of JGI’s other podcast, Genome Insider . If you’re a Genome Insider listener, then … JGI’s mission is broadly focused on biological research to better understand energy and environment, and natural … the user programs at the JGI, and I’m also the head of the microbial genome program. And I’m a scientist here. And have …

… great group of biologists that know what they’re doing much better than I ever can at the level that we’re working. And … tell us about this squid-microbe relationship. Or is it a microbial community with microbial community relationship?  … almost never Actinomycetes. And so when we look at their genomes we don’t get the same kind of information that we …

… candidate phyla, major branches in the phylogenetic tree without cultivated representatives. The “Great Plate-Count … in 1985, which highlights our skewed understanding of microbial metabolism towards a minority of cultivated … in the strongly biased representation of sequenced genomes in the public domain, the bulk of which belong to …

… We offer internship opportunities through working directly with specific universities, continuing education programs in the Bay Area, and established programs affiliated with the Berkeley Lab A-LIFT team.    Overall, our aim is to … JGI-UC Merced internship program, a similar collaboration with AAMU was launched in 2024.  …

… that deepen our understanding of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment and help unravel these complexities  This ecosystem serves users better in the following ways: Data integration is critical … Through its partnership with NERSC and the DOE Energy Sciences Network (ESNet), the …

… Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge … technology in order to enhance the quality of single-cell genomes and directly link functional information with individual cells. Research Team    …

… and bioproducts. By sequencing and analyzing the genomes of these organisms, the program investigates the … culture collections to produce hundreds of diverse algal genomes, which will be made accessible through the PhycoCosm … Program aims to streamline genome analysis workflows for microbial eukaryotes, build fungal and algal pangenomes, and …