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… directly link functional information with individual cells. Research Team    … The JGI uniquely offers the first quantitative Stable Isotope … The JGI provides users access to cutting-edge cell sorting, DNA … additional functional insights into microbial genomes, the JGI now uses laser microdissection to selectively isolate …

… for sequencing, or the submission of sequencing data for synthesis. This agreement, required by the DOE for all work … User Facilities, is a legally binding contract.   All User researchers must have their home/employing institution sign a JGI Non-Proprietary User Agreement and Appendix. An Appendix …

… With collaborative user projects, the JGI’s Plant Program delves into the natural world’s … environment. At its core, the program investigates photosynthesis — the process that transforms solar energy into … renewable energy and agricultural productivity. Research spans diverse areas — from understanding how …

… gene clusters, which are the genes that do the biosynthesis of a secondary metabolite, those are clustered … genome mining? DAN UDWARY: Oh, well, OK, sure. So back in graduate school, I worked in Professor Craig Townsend’s lab … enzymatically were. ALISON TAKEMURA: Where did you see that research or those results heading? Toward an application, …

… kind of where I had you. How would you describe what your research is now then and all the cool things you’re doing … what I’m going to do and I’m going to do it as an undergraduate and a graduate student then a postdoc and then a … in the organism in its sequence that encode for that biosynthesis. But sometimes you have to know what those are in the …

… on his summer at JGI through a program that provides graduate thesis research opportunities at DOE laboratories.   …

… The JGI’s Microbial Program focuses on using cutting-edge … high-quality, large-scale genomic data to advance microbial research that drives sustainable solutions in energy, … The program also studies giant viruses. Key research areas include terrestrial biogeochemical cycling …

… For accepted proposals, sequencing, synthesis, metabolomics and analysis will be paid for by the Department of Energy’s funding of the JGI. There is no cost to the user and no granting of funds.  … ONGOING ONGOING CLOSED Who Should Apply? Investigators with research projects that integrate the expertise and …

… for a long time – we worked together on Aflatoxin biosynthesis while he was a postdoc in Craig Townsend’s lab at Johns Hopkins, where I was a graduate student. Aflatoxin, of course, is a fungal natural … DAN:  Yeah. What do you see as the overall “theme” of your research? I know you’ve generally worked in various marine …

… a major transition of biology into data science.  Research in the Kyrpides group focuses on Microbiome Data Science and analysis of Big Data. The Research Team   … The research efforts of the group have concentrated in … challenges in Biology, with a special focus on microbiome research.  These efforts include exploration of the global …

… natural products chemistry, and he has a project with the JGI to synthesize the genes for and explore the chemistry of … right? AARON PURI: Yeah. So we can dive into the biosynthesis of these as much as you want but they– so there’s one … the bigger– is there a bigger picture here towards this research? And what do you want to get out of it? AARON PURI: …

… in carbon cycling, biodegradation and biogeochemistry. This research helps translate their genomic potential into … bioenergy and bioproducts. The program’s fungal genomics research explores new metabolic processes and enzymes that … biology using genomics and multi-omics by working with research labs and culture collections to produce hundreds of …