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… 14 of Natural Prodcast . There’s been a lot going on, so I took a little break, but I’m hoping that from here I can get … off today with my interview with the Director of the Joint Genome Institute and head of the Secondary Metabolites … a lot of directions that we could go and ways that we could help and we’re trying to figure all that out now. And so …

… The CSP Functional Genomics call is to enable users to perform state-of-the-art functional genomics research and to help them translate genomic information into biological … ‘omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function, particularly those not readily achievable …

… DAN UDWARY: Hey everyone and welcome back to a new session of Natural Prodcast. I’ve got two things I … in the early 2000s called Ecopia, which was a very early genome mining company, back when DNA sequencing of natural … colors. I mean, where else in nature– and they’re not fungal. Where else nature can you go see colonies of …

… Leveraging massive comparative genomics to decode millions of mystery genes and lay a future-ready … fungi remain largely mysterious. Only about 200,000 fungal species have been named. Among those sequenced, … Researchers with the Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI)’s Fungal and Algal Science Program …

… Dan Udwary: Hey, Alison Takemura: Hey, Dan. Dan Udwary: Today we’re going to talk to Kate Duncan. And Kate is– I … was really before– or kind of around about when the first genome sequencing was done. But natural products– marine … is, do microalgae also produce natural products that can be helpful in producing biofuels? Because you had mentioned …

… diversity of cell types and associated organisms, including fungal and bacterial symbionts, detrimental microbial … pathogens, and associated viruses that all contribute to a dynamic ecosystem. We are interested in how plants … by microbial partners. We use a variety of genomics-powered tools to study this complexity, including single-cell and …

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… 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, and ecosystems at the molecular … metabolites in living systems, particularly as they relate to DOE missions in the bioeconomy, sustainability, and …

… data. We use multi-omics (metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, single cell genomics and phylogenomics) and machine learning to identify new divergent lineages and expand the Tree of Life. We then investigate the coding potential to find novel functions that may impact microbiome structure …

… 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 … that produce most secondary metabolites. If you’d like to read more about this, I highly recommend his publication …

… DAN UDWARY: Hey, everyone! Welcome to the “Self Promotion Episode” of Natural Prodcast. A … Breaking Bad, I guess. But no, you trained me in how to genome mine, so thank you for that. And you had to put up … not enough time and money. I mean, we have a huge marine fungal project in collaboration with Bill Fenical at …

… and released by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) are subject to the following Data Policy. It is our mission to support open data and information sharing. We also … is not publicly available in JGI systems or outside repositories. Full access is granted to proposal PIs, Co-PIs, and …