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… about the basics of genome mining, which is using DNA sequence to identify and interpret biosynthetic, secondary … biological perspective, like what was this bacterium, and why did your group want to study it? Marnix Medema: You mean … on Streptomyces clavuligerus , which was an industrial strain, a Streptomyces strain, the bacterium, that had been …
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… learned a lot so much history from this conversation about why the ocean was basically unexplored until the 70s, and … on, first species, Salinispora tropica . And we isolated a strain that produced something extremely potent in killing … forward to seeing the data when it finally gets off the sequencers. The pandemic has obviously slowed JGI down a …
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… And at the time, it was really exciting when people would sequence [DNA]. The genome was– well, that hadn’t really … polyketide synthase and then P3. We still don’t know why 20 years later. JACKIE WINTER: It’s pretty amazing, … We can also genetically manipulate them. We can do strain improvements. We can do all sorts of things. So …
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… you maybe explain what’s going on with their biology and why they’re so important to natural products? ERIC: Sure. … turns a peptide, for example, from a disordered sequence into an antibiotic that kills bacteria through a … tells you what some of those design rules might be and constrains hypotheses that you can test about how to put things …
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… in the analysis and publication of the claimed genome sequences. This opportunity, provided by the Joint Genome … builds upon thousands of microbial genomes that have been sequenced by the JGI though not formally analyzed or … necessary to extract meaningful biological insights from sequence data, employing IMG data and tools for comparative …
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… algae, examining both natural populations and engineered strains. This approach allows for the identification of key … The 1000 Fungal Genomes Project is a five-year project to sequence 1000 fungal genomes from across the Fungal Tree of … of fungi. Mycocosm enables users to navigate across sequenced fungal genomes, and to conduct comparative and …
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… Duncan: Yeah. I love actinomycetes. Dan Udwary: Tell us why. I mean, I know, but I think– Alison Takemura: I want to … of almost finished characterizing them. We’ve got genome sequences, which are just incredible. We’ve looked at the … And we’ve given them genome sequences of some of these strains. They’re not all Pseudonocardia . There’s other very …
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… stories about natural products, so you can get a feel for why I think they’re so important, and we’ll start to explain … more about some of the background and sort of the reasons why we want to do this. And also to provide a little more … of the fun things that I hope that I can express today is why secondary metabolism is interesting and why it is that …
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… at JGI start with sequencing, but where else did those sequences go? Like, what are the other scientific tools we … that describe the work. In general. Scientific merit and why it’s important. The DOE mission is one of these … section. We want to be sure that the PIs can articulate why their work falls within one of these DOE mission areas. …
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… Program aims to generate large datasets to explore sequence-function relationships, advancing the discovery of … engineering traditionally utilizes a stepwise approach for strain development, requiring cycles of construct design, … Science Group supports researchers exploring how to convert sequence into functional assessments. The team has a …
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