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… and I were lucky to get some time to sit down and have a great chat with him.  I kind of lost count of how many times … then genomics happened. Dan: Yeah, I did my first genome sequence with you. Brad: That’s right,  Dan: JGI did it in … working with you, Dan, on this one, and we said, “Well, why don’t we have you know, the bioinformaticians go against …

… get a new one out every two weeks. This time, we’ve got a great interview with Ben Shen, from the Scripps Research … the paradigm of how to discover natural products. So, why I’m very excited to be working with Dan, you, with the … develop enabling technologies. ie how to translate the ATGC sequence into discrete small molecules. So, Dan, I’m very …

… of metagenomes for signatures of viruses and novel microbial lineages, and reconstruct metabolic properties … within those genomes. Our aim is to more fully capture microbial and viral diversity, leading to a better understanding of microbial communities and ecosystem function.  The Environmental …

Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge approaches.  Our … access to cutting-edge cell sorting, DNA amplification, and sequence analysis to recover the genomes of uncultivated …

… this we’re going to be spending some time talking some great scientists, who all have really interesting stories … able to explore DNA sequencing and actually get to the DNA sequence – sequences for the genes that code for the … Something that’s you know …  ALISON: Central! DAN: That’s why they called it that! But for, maybe, people who are less …

… phylogenetic tree without cultivated representatives. The “Great Plate-Count Anomaly” first described by Stanley and … in 1985, which highlights our skewed understanding of microbial metabolism towards a minority of cultivated … is also reflected in the strongly biased representation of sequenced genomes in the public domain, the bulk of which …

… capabilities and products . A minimum request of 1 Tb of sequence data is required to qualify for BERSS. For DNA … byproducts from lignin left over after biomass processing. Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center , led by the … breakthroughs in basic science, and is exploring microbial-based synthesis of fuels beyond ethanol. … The JGI …

DAP-seq, and metabolomics. Submission Deadline Check back Spring 2026 for the FY27 call Check back Spring 2026 for the FY27 call Sept. 9, 2025 Jan. 29, 2026 …

… in doing so enabled the JGI to be the first to publish the sequence analysis of the target chromosomes 5, 16, and 19, … focused on human health, food/animal agriculture, wastewater treatment, or bioremediation of organics will not be … heavy metals or radionuclides in soils, freshwater, coastal sediments (coastal here defined  by NOAA as the area within …

DAN: Alright, so I think we’ve covered a little bit about why they’re important. But one of the things I did want to … live in the root nodules of plants. And these guys were sequenced, and you can see that different Frankia have … we’re all here together. ALISON: How beautiful. What a great partnership.  DAN: Yeah, I guess so. You know, it’s …

… coming up, August 30th through September 1st. Three days of great science, and all online and free. We had to cancel … [LAUGHTER] We were just trying to keep our head above water and find cool things. So it was a very research … to some people more about down the road. Email Nigel! He’ll sequence whatever you want!  [LAUGHTER]  NIGEL MOUNCEY: We …