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… with my co-host Alison Takemura, who’s moved on from JGI to do real journalism, and we wish her all the best. … the Joint Genome Institute is a “Department of Energy user science facility”, and so today what you’re going to hear … what are you going to do. So, you probably know that “DOE” is the United States Department of Energy, which is a …

… things I want to make sure that we talk about. You have a JGI project going with us that we want to talk a little bit … concentration of calcium, and so on. And what difference does it make? The idea that you would say marine life make … to then switch from financial support from the National Science Foundation to financial support from the National …

… As a National User Facility, the JGI serves more than 2,500 users that predominately come from the public sector: academic and government institutions — with … leading industry and academic organizations with the DOE, National Laboratories, and User Facilities — as well as …

… natural products chemistry, and he has a project with the JGI to synthesize the genes for and explore the chemistry of … Alison is no longer with us… She’s alive! She just doesn’t work for JGI anymore! [LAUGHTER] AARON PURI: Yeah. … more structural diversity — so that one uses acyl carrier proteins as co-substrate. So the other ones they use CoA …

… niche in chemical enzymology. So, we talked about her JGI DNA synthesis project to explore the chemical … the field of biocatalysis and what needs to be done across science to to get a point where we can predict an enzymes … perfect timing for an October podcast release. I hope that doesn’t get me canceled.The monthly schedule seems to be …

… Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a podcast about the science and scientists of secondary metabolism.  DAN: … in that area?   NANCY: Oh, well, I love fungi, okay, this doesn’t even have anything to use natural products … actually, everything is funding, right, isn’t it? I thank JGI for sequencing a lot of fungi. But the thing with them – …

… The JGI’s DNA Synthesis Program supports a wide range of projects, from single-gene synthesis to the synthesis of entire chromosomes, advancing the … collaboration with U.S. and international scientists to drive innovations that align with DOE's missions. …

… Research in the Woyke laboratory focuses on the utility of single-cell methods to access genetic material of uncultivated taxa of … first described by Stanley and Konopa in 1985, which highlights our skewed understanding of microbial metabolism … genomes in the public domain, the bulk of which belong to only three phyla. The Woyke group uses single-cell …

… call . This represents a unique opportunity for researchers to request the capabilities and expertise of both national … proposals  here that integrate genomics with nanoscale science, accelerating discoveries and developing … Access to the Molecular Foundry and use of JGI capabilities is free. The JGI supports remote users. …

… I didn’t know how to get towards that.  Organic chemistry doesn’t really help with getting to something other than the … do when you’re exploring your systems. Because I think the JGI has a little bit of a different approach. We don’t … we talked and I’ve noticed that you stay focused on the science and I think that’s great. But I spend a lot of time …

… data portal I’ve been working on with my colleagues Drew Doering and Bryce Foster and too many others to name at JGI for the last two years or so. SMC is now released and … long, it’s definitely because we like talking about our science. So, sorry, but not really sorry. I haven’t …

… Genome Institute and head of the Secondary Metabolites Science Program at JGI, and also my boss, Nigel Mouncey. I got him on to talk … check it out. You can get more info at usermeeting.jgi.doe.gov . And I’ll be sure I put that link in the show … Our guest on this episode is Dr. Nigel Mouncey , JGI’s Director, and also lead of the JGI’s Secondary …