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… 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 made fun of by my now-wife, because she was wondering why it is that we needed to produce more toxins in the lab …

… 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 …

… resequencing, RNA sequencing and epigenomics. Expansion of sequence space:  The JGI generates reference genomes from … of microbial communities based on their metagenome sequence, in the context of reference isolate genomes …

… Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. … appeared in  Nature Communication s. The team studied  Brachypodium hybridum , a polyploid resulting from the … crop switchgrass and a JGI Flagship Plant. All three  Brachypodium  grasses have small genomes, short life cycles …

… out introns and dealing with, you know, weirdness in the sequence. You know, some clusters are not clustered…   … it so easily with fungi. So…   NANCY: Yeah, I don’t know why. For example, with that – actually there’s a good talk … this and that. They’re doing all this 16S and I said, “Why don’t you just include the ITS too? It’s so easy to add …

… embargo starting at construct or strain delivery.  Detailed sequence information and constructs are made publicly …

… you maybe explain what’s going on with their biology and why they’re so important to natural products? ERIC:  Sure. … I’ve seen you give a few talks on that. Can you tell us why cone snails are so cool? ERIC:  So cone snails are … turns a peptide, for example, from a disordered sequence into an antibiotic that kills bacteria through a …

… 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 … bit about your perspective on that kind of technique and why it’s valuable to you? Kate Duncan: I think both genome …

… to some people more about down the road. Email Nigel! He’ll sequence whatever you want!  [LAUGHTER]  NIGEL MOUNCEY: We …

… capabilities support researchers exploring how to convert sequence into functional assessments. This is done by … BOOST provides a suite of tools to automate sequence design for assembly by Gibson, Yeast recombination …

… 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 … of antiSMASH. But that gave so much stress around these deadlines, that we thought, OK, it’s actually nicer to be able …

… culture-disconnected. Like we’ll take some soil samples and sequence all the bugs out of that or whatever. And so I was … methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus . Can you share why finding treatments for these microbes is so important? … that ability and willingness to collaborate across disciplines can’t be underestimated as really being just so …