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So I always liked science in school. I wouldn’t say I was one of these people that wants to study oceanography and was … then, chemistry-wise, they’re the stars, right? Chemical diversity, the sheer number of chemicals they produce, their … both of those things have still very much done to be excellently. Dan Udwary: For sure. Kate Duncan: Not that …

… in genomics and other omics technologies.  The exponential growth of DNA sequencing data, coupled with recent … research.  These efforts include exploration of the global diversity of alternative genetic codes (Science 2014), … types) (Nature Communications 2017, Science 2018, Molecular Cell 2019) and massive reconstruction of genomes from …

… and computational exploration of uncultivated viral diversity, characterization of molecular mechanisms involved in virus:host interaction and host cell take-over by viruses, and attempts to evaluate …   19 , 407 Berg, M. et al. (2021) Host population diversity as a driver of viral infection cycle in wild …

… what genome mining is, if I want to explain that to someone who doesn’t know much about genetics or anything else, … it has a really interesting biosynthetic pathway because fungal genes are cool. And if you like fungal genes, you … Yeah, bacteria sound like a good place, to me, to look for diversity because there are so many bacteria, because it is …

… the in the 50s 60s 70s, most of the exploration of this is done by what’s called “find and grind”. So you would find … in ourselves and every living thing that we know of with cells, and so… So you can think of DNA as maybe being … to be here and be able to discuss this incredible, natural diversity that we have at our fingertips. So I’m very …

… department at the University of Utah, so that makes him one of Jackie’s colleagues. Aaron is doing some cool stuff … predict or just understand better the language of microbial cell-cell communication. And he told us about his work in … the answer would be that there’s actually a great deal of diversity within these methanotrophs for example, that are …

Crashing. Maybe it’s what I’m used to thinking of, like someone crashing at someone else’s place. OK. That helps me. Dan … you to get a bird’s-eye perspective on the biosynthetic diversity element of these genomes. And you see how they’re– … are protecting the plants against pathogens. So usually fungal or oomycete pathogens. In this case they worked on a …

… and expertise of multiple DOE National User Facilities in one research proposal.  Successful applications will focus … focused topic areas that can be completed on an accelerated timeline as compared with the standard CSP projects. In … the Bio-SANS Capability highlights the science that can be done with the   Biological Small-Angle Neutron Scattering …

… using advanced sequencing technologies to explore microbial diversity — with an emphasis on bacteria and archaea, and … data for further microbial research and applications. One key program goal is focused on establishing data driven … lineages that are important for bioeconomy applications. By expanding our knowledge of microbial functions and …

… … DAN UDWARY: Hey, everyone! Welcome to the “Self Promotion Episode” of Natural … to San Diego that– not in the same car, but at the same time. JACLYN WINTER: Yeah. I had the incubator in my car. … not enough time and money. I mean, we have a huge marine fungal project in collaboration with Bill Fenical at …

… of Oceanography. Alison and I were lucky to get some time to sit down and have a great chat with him.  I kind of … most of that out. But anyway, here’s our conversation with one of my favorite human beings, Brad Moore. — Dan: How do I … of, better understand fundamentally what’s going on in the cell as it responds to its ocean environment. And as we …

… him, I was working on the natural product dioxin ubiquinone, which actually comes from a marine bacterium. And so, I … So chemicals are their way of talking. You bring up an excellent point though, and I think this is an area that is a … students, we obviously can't put any antibiotics or antifungals in there. So they get just a smattering. JACKIE: …