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… DAN UDWARY: It’s been a while, but Natural Prodcast is back again for another round of episodes. If you stick around for the next few months, … Episode Transcript … In this episode, I partnered with Menaka Wilhelm to talk to JGI … or CSP. Important Links: The main page for information about CSPs JGI’s Data Release Policy A statement on DOE …

…   The JGI’s Secondary Metabolites Program focuses on the exploration of secondary metabolites across bacteria, fungi, algae … The Secondary Metabolites Program targets the vast and … sustainable agriculture, and other fields reliant on natural product chemistry. These efforts will contribute to …

… FY 2026 DOE Metrics Sequencing Quarter Total Bases (Trillions) Operating Hours Goal  Actual Total*   Actual % of Goal … 2026 175 236.642 135% 2,140 2,136 99.8% Q4 2026 175     2,164     *Includes Illumina and PacBio sequencing platforms. … Q1 2025 175 190.304 109% 2,164 2,136 98.7% Q2 2025 175 152.100 87% 2,117 2,112 99.8% Q3 2025 175 309.533 177% 2,140 …

… Call FICUS CSP Large Scale CSP New Investigator CSP Functional Genomics JGI-TMF Critical Minerals and Materials Status CLOSED CLOSED ONGOING ONGOING CLOSED Who Should Apply? Investigators with … due 4/30/26) April 9, 2026  11:59pm PT  Sep 8, 2026 Jan 29, 2027 March 31, 2026 Review Date June 2026 July 2026 …

… The Mycological Curriculum for Education and Discovery  (Myco-Ed) is a Course-Based Undergraduate … isolate genes and more. The metadata then goes into iNaturalist. Myco-Ed has:  ~50 lineages selected for sequencing 16 genomes released 20 members from 15 institutions 300+ …

… to request the capabilities and expertise of both national user facilities in one research proposal.  Submit research proposals  here that … address challenges in the sourcing, recovery, and utilization of critical minerals and materials. The proposal … capabilities is free. The JGI supports remote users. Users conduct experiments in their own labs or collect field …

… Microbes drive critical ecosystem functions and affect global nutrient cycling, however they do so under strong constraints exerted by viruses. Research in the viral … Viral Genomics group attempts to address this question in natural soil ecosystems by combining metagenomics with other …

… Biology is currently experiencing a revolution brought on by rapid developments in genomics and other omics technologies.  The exponential growth of DNA sequencing data, coupled with recent … of new viral genomes and their predicted hosts (Nature 2016, Science 2017, Nature Microbiology 2018), discovery of …

… Our research is focused on the discovery and characterization of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and viruses in environmental sequence data. We use multi-omics (metagenomics, … challenge our understanding of viral complexity and evolution Our research focuses on discovering and characterizing …

… the JGI’s unpublished microbial genomes, with the expectation that faculty will work with undergraduates in the analysis and publication of the claimed genome sequences. This opportunity, … provided by the Joint Genome Institute, builds upon thousands of microbial genomes that have been sequenced …

… into the science that the JGI makes possible. Each episode, host Menaka Wilhelm interviews researchers — JGI Users — and dives into their work on all kinds of organisms, from plants and fungi to microbes …