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Program explores the vast diversity of fungi and algae to unlock their potential for bioenergy, environmental … the biological mechanisms that enable fungi and algae to play a vital role in carbon cycling, biodegradation and … is a five-year project to sequence 1000 fungal genomes from across the Fungal Tree of Life, from an international …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … DAN: Hi, again. This is Dan, and you’re listening to the second episode of the Natural Prodcast. This is part … products because they’re easy to find. They grow in the soil. These are the same guys that produce geosmin. And so …

… episode 9 of Natural Prodcast. This week, Alison and I talk to Roger Linington, from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, … The information is scattered throughout literature. It’s across a huge array of different dates, journal titles, …

… cutting-edge sequencing, annotation and analysis techniques to explore the vast and diverse world of microbes. Studying … addressing key environmental challenges, such as improving soil health, carbon sequestration and bioeconomy … The program provides high-quality, large-scale genomic data to advance microbial research that drives sustainable …

… … Dan Udwary: Hey, Alison Takemura: Hey, Dan. Dan Udwary: Today we’re going to talk to Kate Duncan. And Kate is– I … So yeah, in terms of, I guess, fields of science, we span across them. But fundamental is the chemistry produced by … is a whole bunch of information that maybe never makes its publication. And these are little tips, you know, how to …

… for User Science (FICUS) initiative was established in 2014 to encourage and enable researchers to more easily integrate the expertise and capabilities of … provides customized analysis, the JGI also participates in publication of results. … All proposals undergo technical …

… and host cell take-over by viruses, and attempts to evaluate ecosystem-level impacts of viral infections. The … inoviruses revealed as pervasive in bacteria and archaea across Earth’s biomes. Nature Microbiology. 4 , 1895–1906 … abundant ocean viruses.  Nature . 537:689-93. … Selected Publications … For further information contact the Group …

… (CURE) that consists of coordinated hands-on experiments across fungal biology teaching labs. The purpose of the program is to: train students and professors in laboratory techniques and data analyses compile original data for …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … a new culture of a new bacteria that you pulled from the soil, maybe it’s, you know, we talked about sponges, go pull … – that there are some very specific patterns and shared DNA across all of these things. It turns out secondary …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … is a chemical compound called geosmin that’s produced by soil bacteria that live all over the place. So that smell of … be so mind bending and that we might just kind of happen across them in our food. That’s crazy!  DAN: Yeah, just like …

DAN UDWARY: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s Natural … and how we do it here and maybe give an example of a recent publication. ALISON TAKEMURA: Awesome. Yeah, let’s dive in, … and do the biochemistry to understand what the biosynthetic conversions were and what the mechanisms enzymatically were. …

… … DAN UDWARY: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s Natural … or specialized metabolism, what we are often coming across is very complicated pathways with many, many enzymes, … of natural product biosynthesis in bacteria ” The ActDES publication came out after we talked. It looks like a great …