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Plants are complex organisms that harbor a fantastic diversity of cell types and associated organisms, including fungal and bacterial symbionts, detrimental microbial pathogens, and … of plant/environmental responses … Selected Publications … Research Team Alumni … For further details, …

… such effort is targeted at environmental cells that are from candidate phyla, major branches in the … of microbial metabolism towards a minority of cultivated bacteria, still persists to date. Research Team    … … … Research Interests … Former Lab Members … Selected Publications … For further details, please reach out to the …

… a lot going on, so I took a little break, but I’m hoping that from here I can get back to a regular schedule. I’m … of the Joint Genome Institute and head of the Secondary Metabolites Science Program at JGI, and also my boss, Nigel … help the Society grow. And so I’ve been the chair of the publications committee for the last, what is it now, five …

… of research related to DOE’s missions in bioenergy, carbon cycling and biogeochemistry. In complement to … Science Program, JGI researchers drive innovations that cross the boundaries of the Plant, Fungal, Algal, Microbial, Metagenome, Metabolomics, Secondary Metabolites, and DNA Synthesis Science Programs and draw …

… when we start talking to people who specialize in that area. In this primer, we talk about my favorite topic … se, how do you see genome mining and looking for secondary metabolites in the genome as relevant to the JGI mission? … and how we do it here and maybe give an example of a recent publication. ALISON TAKEMURA: Awesome. Yeah, let’s dive in, …

Berkeley National Laboratory. Being a User Facility means that scientists from all over the world bring us big … chemical compounds that you find in plants, fungi and bacteria, basically all living things. When your crazy Aunt … Nigel Mouncey, started and leads the JGI’s Secondary Metabolites Science Program, which I was hired into, and my …

… since I’m off schedule, but this is an important one that wanted to get out there as soon as possible. Not one of … Scripps. So we’re looking at biosynthesis of marine fungal metabolites. We’re also looking– now we’re started a newer … And I think a lot of times, too, when we even look at publications, it’s always positive data, right? No one ever …

… in their natural environments. This work encompasses bacteria, archaea, and micro-eukaryoes, along with their … the Program aims to unlock the fundamental principles that govern ecosystem processes. This research provides … communities contribute to critical processes such as carbon cycling, nutrient cycling, and energy flow. One of …

… the very first episode we recorded. You’ll probably notice that the audio quality isn’t as good as what you’ll hear in … that produce them – the microbes that make these secondary metabolites – are usually really strange in terms of genomic … applicable insights there as well. ALISON: Kind of what facilitates colonization of a new environment and like what …

… over there, with a few more questions specific to secondary metabolites. I hope both versions are worth listening to! If … all the way to the end, then you’ve probably heard me say that the Joint Genome Institute is a “Department of Energy … do the bioinformatics and to synthesize these results into publication? So there’s this really important because we …

… he makes fun of me a lot, though I actually edited most of that out. But anyway, here’s our conversation with one of my … Initially, my group really focused on marine actinobacteria. Then we moved into marine proteobacteria. Not a … transcription. There’s always been a big mystery in the oceanic community about these organisms. They’re not always …

… in Nature and Medicine.” It’s obviously focused more on the bacterial side of the field, and it’s a little hard to find … and written pretty close to the level of technical detail that I think we’re doing here. If you have suggestions for … the genes that code for the proteins that produce secondary metabolites. Do you recognize this? DNA 🡺 RNA 🡺 Protein …