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… about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. Natural products, secondary … research, “Natural Prodcast” serves as an important line of communication to the scientific community. Host Dan … and future developments, and how the JGI can be part of that space.   …

The Department of Energy's Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE … meet the Nation's growing need for science and technology professionals with advanced computer skills. During the summer of 2016,  DOE CGSF recipient Adam …

… user engagement. The Science In addition to the core set of "primary metabolites"—chemical compounds shared by most … growth and reproduction—most organisms produce a set of "secondary metabolites," chemical compounds that often … more than 13 million BGCs in the catalog at the time of publication, it is the largest repository of BGC sequence …

Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The … analysis of 5mC distribution across the fungal tree of life to date, involving more than 500 species of fungi. The … important piece of the epigenome. Across the fungal tree of life, they tracked the evolution of 5mC pathways across 528 …

Life as we know it wouldn’t exist without cyanobacteria; … began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study …

… registers the sound — one thing is for sure: there are lots of fungi around. Within a forest’s soil, hundreds of species … fungi help shape a forest’s ecology. They store carbon and cycle key nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus.  This way, … 1000 reference genomes from across the fungal tree of life. Martin is one of the project leads. After starting …

… the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even … of this giant filamentous bacterium, along with its life cycle. For most bacteria, their DNA floats freely within the …

… get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … five oceanic regions. In doing so, they found a high degree of variability in the types of microorganisms that inhabit … This means they hold clues for understanding how life thrives in extreme environments. They also produce a …