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… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … So like, as an undergraduate, I was like, no, I’m going to study architecture. I like making things and designing … then the organisms all around us or the, you know, the bio matter that’s around us now? Brad: Yeah, I mean, petroleum …

… and that there might be more to be gained than just subject matter, by making that change. So I went to the University … to try and create an open source database of all known microbial natural products. So if you think about natural products science as a field, we have arguably been studying microbial natural products in an ordered way for …

The JGI has diverse capabilities in: DNA and RNA sequencing, Sample and library preparation, … physical separation of a biologically relevant unit from a microbial community, such as a microcolony, microbial aggregate, or a specific subset of free-living …

Hey, Alison Takemura: Hey, Dan. Dan Udwary: Today we’re going to talk to Kate Duncan. And Kate is– I should ask, you … I wouldn’t say I was one of these people that wants to study oceanography and was fascinated by the oceans, though … And sometimes, in terms of biological activities– like antimicrobial or something– sometimes a little difference is …

… is Professor Cassandra Quave from Emory University, with joint appointments in the School of Medicine and College of … And for the audience, ethnobotany is the scientific study of the ways that people interact with plants, whether … that we found, indeed, that both formulations had some antimicrobial properties. But the one that was used in …

Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm microbial diversity is wilder than ever. Imagine researchers exploring a dark room with a flashlight, only able to clearly identify … Data Science group . Shining a Light on Functional ‘Dark Matter’ Microbial communities living everywhere from soils …

Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge approaches.  Our group also … To provide additional functional insights into microbial genomes, the JGI now uses laser microdissection to …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … right. So I did a PhD in microbiology at MIT, and I studied microbial ecology. I studied Vibrio species in the ocean, so … I’m definitely seeing why this is such an important area to study. Okay, what’s your third story?  DAN: The third story …

… by the Biological and Environmental Research program, the Joint Genome Institute provides advanced genomic capabilities, … went on to advance basic science by sequencing scores of microbial species as well as several model organisms and … behavior of microbiomes and manipulate them to facilitate microbial solutions to challenging environmental …

Journal publication caps JGI pilot project with fledgling Florida high school scientists. The Florida Everglades … the latest molecular techniques to learn more about the microbial communities in the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee … one of his email inquiries, sent through JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system, reached  …