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… … Dan Udwary: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s Natural … then. So we’re now nearing version six. But they’ve seen contributions from people all over the world who have made … are protecting the plants against pathogens. So usually fungal or oomycete pathogens. In this case they worked on a …

… of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) commit to Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s (Berkeley Lab’s) core … operations and scientific relevance and quality. … The Fungal & Algal Advisory Committee is chartered to offer … Committee … DNA Synthesis Science User Advisory Committee … Fungal & Algal Program User Advisory Committee … Informatics …

The JGI’s Metabolomics Program works to uncover the roles of small molecules in biological systems, linking them with genomic data to enhance our understanding of genome science, organisms, … nutrient exchange, as well as microbial and plant responses to environmental changes. With advanced mass spectrometry …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … episode is our conversation with Nancy Keller, a fantastic fungal natural products researcher from the University of … that you are the first person we’ve had on to talk about fungal natural products. I can say that I started in fungal …

Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. … on the largest analysis of 5mC distribution across the fungal tree of life to date, involving more than 500 species … one reference genome for every family of fungi, the 1000 Fungal Genomes initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy …

DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2003, following his postdoctoral training at UC Berkeley and work in the pharmaceutical industry. He holds joint appointments as Fungal and Algal Program Head at the DOE Joint Genome … from protists to plants. In 2009, he launched the JGI Fungal Genomics program which resulted in over 2500 fungal …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … where this happened have a tendency to be susceptible to a fungal infection of rye grain – a specific fungus, Claviceps … pathways of pink and teal, and Dan pointed out the Krebs cycle to me earlier – I kind of see it. DAN: So what we’ve …

… at the JGI, the Genomics Internship Program soon expanded to include undergraduate students. To date, more than 80 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of numerous JGI scientists. Interns say …

… their scientific skills and collaborating with their mentors and fellow interns. Inspired by the success of the UC … program, they left the JGI more confident and ready to tackle real-world scientific issues. Our interns say their experiences allowed them to:  Learn new skills. Experience industry-level work and …

… and host cell take-over by viruses, and attempts to evaluate ecosystem-level impacts of viral infections. The … Host population diversity as a driver of viral infection cycle in wild populations of green sulfur bacteria with long …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … where I was a graduate student. Aflatoxin, of course, is a fungal natural product which is a liver toxin when humans … , I think you’ll have heard how a lot of us who work in fungal natural products, especially in the old days, saw how …