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… The CSP and FICUS calls are open to both domestic and … Agreement must be signed before work can begin, and all CSP proposals are subject to JGI policies on Data Release and Publication .   Except for applicants to the CSP New Investigator call, investigators may have existing …

… and ergot alkaloids come from fungi, and Taxol from plants. Plants, fungi, bacteria, archaea, they all have … we really recognize, right?  ALISON: And I tend to think of microbes as being able to secrete a lot more things than … blob – sort of overexposed – but this this white blob is a fungus called Penicillium . Now called Penicillium . And so …

… Natural Products conference, which took place last January 2020 in San Diego. San Diego, of course, is the “home turf” … chemicals that are coming out of organisms, whether it be a plant or from the bottom of the ocean, from a sponge, or a … JGI projects over the years starting with, you know, the CSP that we did and then leading up to today to some …

… local marine environment. I went out and picked up marine plants, I picked up animals. And I asked the simple … that they needed to consider chemical impact on species interactions, communication, that kind of thing. But … you think about the fact that, when plants and animals and microbes evolve, they evolve to make molecules that improve …

… then we were using these probes to look at host pathogen interactions mostly with like enteric bacteria. And I really … ecology community to be able to better predict how their microbes are interacting with each other from sequence … DAN: Almost like you know that there is. AARON PURI: It’s a planted question Dan. Yeah. So overall I think what we’re …

… to different species.  DAN: Yeah, yeah.  BEN: And then for fungus, even more. And of the fungus, we have more than 2600 … product chemistry? BEN:  Yeah. So, I was trained as a plant natural product chemist. When I first started in graduate school, I was working on terpenoids, plant natural products, and what really fascinated me – the …

… in order to challenge or kill off competition, right? And plants do the same sorts of things. And then, bacteria often … it’s like these molecules can just mediate so many kinds of interactions. And by understanding them, we can promote the … Catalog of Earth’s Microbiomes. Nature  Biotechnology . 2020 Nov 9. doi: 10.1038/s41587-020-0718-6) DAN UDWARY: …

… advanced sequencing technologies to decode the genomes of microbes in their natural environments. This work … ecosystems.  By studying microbial communities and their interactions, the Program aims to unlock the fundamental … and many other applications. By understanding how microbes contribute to ecosystem functions, the Program …

… Pennacchio PMO Lead, Metabolomics Program Kerrie Barry Plant and Algal Genomics Natasha Brown Supply Chain Manager …

… contigs. Assembly, annotation ( IMG ) Depends on project Plant and Algal Standard Draft Whole genome shotgun … these projects. Assembly, annotation for ( Phytozome for plant, Phycocosm for algae) depends on genome Plant and Algal Resequencing SNP and short indel calls, …

… Uncovering associations between plant roots and fungi that can help or harm plant host … but they’re not always immediately apparent. Similarly, the microbes found in plant roots may have unknown roles. Some … work was partly enabled by a JGI Community Science Program (CSP) proposal led by INRAE’s Francis Martin that contributed …