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… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … the University of Hawaii and moved there in the early ’60s from Berkeley to work on this new budding field of marine … metabolomics, and natural products in plants, fungi, and microorganisms. If you want to collaborate, let …

Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  Neurospora crassa . The … The Impact N. crassa is the model organism for filamentous fungi, all of which contain a wide array of plant cell-wall … break down the components of plant cell walls, which range from simple to complex carbohydrates, and then convert them …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … 1000 fungal genomes to create two reference genomes for all fungi families — essentially, the foundation for an … these initial efforts: Spatafora and Jason Stajich from UC Riverside would focus on broad sampling of early …

Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of Chytridiomycota (the “chytrids”).  A collaborative … the University of California, Riverside and Igor Grigoriev from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … link in the evolution and transition of fungi from aquatic to terrestrial habitats. The work is part of the JGI’s 1000 …

… call represents a unique opportunity for researchers to request the capabilities and expertise of multiple DOE … FICUS call with EMSL begin with a Letter of Intent (LOI) from a researcher, briefly describing the project … The ranked proposal list, along with a recommendation from management at the JGI and the other participating …

Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, … their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic fungi, which can breathe oxygen — just like we …

… pathogens, and associated viruses that all contribute to a dynamic ecosystem. We are interested in how plants … by microbial partners. We use a variety of genomics-powered tools to study this complexity, including single-cell and … is a dynamic and complex ecosystem that includes bacteria, fungi, viruses. Resident viruses can be found in a myriad of …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … This time, we’ve got a great interview with Ben Shen, from the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter Florida. This … penicillin from the fungal species – probably told us that fungi could be very productive sources for, say, biological …

The JGI’s Metabolomics Program works to uncover the roles of small molecules in biological … mass spectrometry-based methods to analyze metabolites from a wide range of biological and environmental samples — including microbes, fungi, plants and soils. Through a combination of …

Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The …

… … Dan Udwary: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s Natural … we get to present our conversation with Marnix Medema , from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Marnix is … metabolomics, and natural products in plants, fungi, and microorganisms. If you want to collaborate, let …