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… I was imagining some massive contraption for amplifying genes. I wasn’t really sure what actinobacteria were. Dan … where once you have a few of the pieces in a biosynthetic pathway, you can sort of interpret other things about the … is a whole bunch of information that maybe never makes its publication. And these are little tips, you know, how to …

… Our research is focused on the discovery and characterization of novel bacterial, archaeal … genomes and particle sizes that rival those of cellular organisms. Giant viruses challenge the traditional … complexity, and encode for a treasure trove full of novel genes ready to be tapped for downstream applications. …

… Natural Prodcast is a “fireside chat”-style podcast about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary … to the chemicals that make species unique and different from one another. They are incredibly important to medicine, …

… to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a podcast about the science and … DAN: Welcome back to Natural Prodcast! This is episode 4! From here on out, for a while, we’re going to be presenting … After I got my undergraduate degree, which was in general biology, I joined the Peace Corps. And when I was …

… This time, we’ve got a great interview with Ben Shen, from the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter Florida. This … technology to help access complicated natural product gene clusters, and we’re all really excited about that, and … that will open up a new year for targeted anti cancer drug discovery. DAN: Yeah, great. Are any of these antibody-drug …

… approaches to identify and characterize genomic information from uncultivated microbes and viruses. We develop … ecosystem function.  The Environmental Genomics group also hosts the Viral Genomics group . Research Team    … This process enables our users to explore the genetic makeup of microbial communities, shedding light on …

… DAN UDWARY: Hey everyone. Welcome back to Natural Prodcast. This continues the series of interviews we … we have our conversation with Professor Alison Narayan, from the University of Michigan. I hope she’ll accept this … could have arisen from. DAN UDWARY: OK, so sort of a phylogenetic reconstruction kind of a thing. ALISON NARAYAN: …

… sequencing, Sample and library preparation, Biodesign and pathway engineering Mass spectrometry based metabolomics … the product and deliverables as well as target cycle times from sample receipt to completion of standard analysis.  Raw … DNA Synthesis Constructs >10kb in size Gene clusters or pathways totaling more than 10kb in length assembled …

… of phage and virus genomes have been assembled and reported from metagenomes, our understanding of the impacts of these … Viral Genomics group attempts to address this question in natural soil ecosystems by combining metagenomics with other … assays that can be targeted towards specific phages and/or hosts. To that end, the JGI Viral Genomics group is …

… rights in technical data, project reporting to the DOE, and publication requirements. An official with authority is … and delays on the work. The transfer of a proposal from one commercial institution to a new commercial … Before work can begin on proposals submitted by researchers from another DOE National Laboratory, a JGI-BDLUA ,  BDLUA …

… interview with my co-host Alison Takemura, who’s moved on from JGI to do real journalism, and we wish her all the … I think for Natural Prodcast, I think the question that generally comes up that people come to me asking like is– … do the bioinformatics and to synthesize these results into publication? So there’s this really important because we …