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… 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 …

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 … of new chemistry, and we want to understand the antimicrobial-resistant era, we need new chemistry. If we want …

… 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  … please visit  energy.gov/science/office-science . … Microbial Communities on IMG/M data portal …

… 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 … We’re looking at a schematic of different pathways in a microbial cell, it looks like. It could be a eukaryotic …

… 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 … and bioproduct development. Develop an understanding of microbial and fungal metabolism necessary to …

Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge … To provide additional functional insights into microbial genomes, the JGI now uses laser microdissection to selectively isolate and sequence microbial aggregates after first imaging with various …

… supports the development of next-generation biofuels by studying perennial grasses and fast-growing trees as … development of complex biomolecules — which can include antimicrobial and anti-pest compounds.  The program is working … interactions, focusing on how environmental stress and microbial communities affect plant growth and productivity. …

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 …

And so we’ve been working on that. But why small molecules matter is because this pain drug, this peptide that’s used, … evidence was very indirect at that time. And why does that matter? It matters because there are a lot of potential … 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 …

Woyke as a pioneer in uncovering the hidden diversity of “microbial dark matter”–that uncultured and unknown majority of microbes in, …