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… to decode the genomes of microbes in their natural environments. This work encompasses bacteria, archaea, and micro-eukaryoes, along with their associated viruses and mobile genetic elements. Beyond exploring and … potential, with implications for energy production, environmental sustainability, and many other applications. By …

… I wanted to include it. This is a conversation with Marc Chevrette. Marc is a postdoc in Jo Handelsman’s group at the … presentation from the 2019 JGI Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting.] He’s also a really good friend of mine. … me know! But for now, here’s our conversation with Marc Chevrette. — DAN: Right, Alison, we’re recording. This is our, …

… in the lab, we’re not growing them in their natural environment, we’re not subjecting them to the environmental triggers that they might need to turn a pathway …

… a bunch of microbes, all talking to each other in every environment you can think about.   DAN: What kind of genomic …

… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a virus protein tied to carbon cycling.  The Science Through a … the  JGI’s Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data portal. The IMG suite is a community resource … the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) and is a contribution of the …

… some of the most notorious toxins there are in the marine environment. And it was that year that the Pacific Northwest … to that toxin, but it’s opened up this whole area of environmental health that we’re now working on. And this multi … to poke and prod and get a better sense of under what environmental conditions are those genes induced. Well it …

… and implementation of microservices in conjunction with the IMG platform. …

… JGI's Simon Roux describes the structure and content of the IMG/VR v3 database (img.jgi.doe.gov/vr), the latest release of IMG database dedicated to viral genomes assembled from metagenomes. He also …

… analysis platforms for microbial genomes and metagenomes (IMG). He became the Metagenomics Program head in 2010 and … . Epub. Neri U. et al. (2022) Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages. Cell . … S, et al. (2021) Metagenomic compendium of 189,680 DNA viruses from the human gut microbiome. Nat Microbiol . …

… So lots of reasons that I was attracted to work in that environment. Yeah, so that was here in San Diego. So yeah, so … quite strong characters. So I think that it was a strong environment overall. DAN:  Yeah, tough but good science.  … there was nothing unfair or cruel about it. Just a tough environment, I would say. DAN:  Yeah. What do you see as the …

… you as well just from being on Twitter. It’s this weird virtual world where I’m like, oh– DAN UDWARY: For sure, … school children and understanding the plants and their environment. We also were able to build a botanical garden, … for us. In this particular case, we are using a pseudovirion screen to look at the interaction between SARS-coV-2 …