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… … 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 …

… 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 …

… … DAN UDWARY: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … ALISON TAKEMURA: So Nadine, what got you interested in studying natural products? NADINE ZIEMERT: Like almost … right? He was looking for a postdoc and just wrote an email to everyone. And I’m like, oh, I’m looking for a …

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 …

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 …

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 …

… … 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 …

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 … juniors a research project experience and one of his email inquiries, sent through JGI’s  Integrated Microbial …

UDWARY: It’s been a while, but Natural Prodcast is back again for another round of episodes. If you stick around for … the user programs at the JGI, and I’m also the head of the microbial genome program. And I’m a scientist here. And have … notes. Anyone, anywhere is eligible! Nationality doesn’t matter. Generally established academics or teams of them are …

… … Dan Udwary: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … what was this bacterium, and why did your group want to study it? Marnix Medema: You mean the PhD project that I … IMG kind of hooks into IMG’s data. IMG being Integrated Microbial Genomics at JGI, a large data set of bacterial …

… 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 …