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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 …

… 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 …

… 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, Biodesign and pathway engineering Mass spectrometry based metabolomics Below is a … physical separation of a biologically relevant unit from a microbial community, such as a microcolony, microbial …

… The Joint Genome Institute and the Molecular Foundry have launched a joint Critical Minerals and Materials proposal call . This represents a … The JGI supports remote users. Users conduct experiments in their own labs or collect field samples. Depending on the …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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  …

… Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge approaches.  Our group also seeks out new … uniquely offers the first quantitative Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) Metagenomics pipeline that utilizes internal …

… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … And so we’ve been working on that. But why small molecules matter is because this pain drug, this peptide that’s used, … crack this case, then that would open up our field to other study. And so it was kind of an early example, to try 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 …