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… student. Aflatoxin, of course, is a fungal natural product which is a liver toxin when humans accidentally eat it, … felt kind of like training for a marathon by running at a high altitude! And a lot of us moved on to work in simpler … can use peptides for! That’s what his collaboration with JGI is all about, and we talk about it a bit here. I have …

… and head of the Secondary Metabolites Science Program at JGI, and also my boss, Nigel Mouncey. I got him on to talk … and microbiology just followed me all the way through my high school days in England.  DAN: What did your dad do in … of the publications committee for the last, what is it now, five years, working through two journal contracts for the …

… “Adopt a Genome” is an informal program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s unpublished microbial genomes, with the expectation … and accountability Promote utilization of JGI products and services while nurturing a fresh cohort of users … A primary purpose of this project is to bring educators from a broad range of disciplines up-to-speed with …

… a DOE Office of Science User Facility. This year, the 12th JGI-UC Merced cohort consisted of three undergraduate students … she added, ”I’ve developed efficient skills in working with high performance computing and had an amazing opportunity to …

… Biotech Partners provides integrated and high-touch programs that empower underrepresented high school … experiences through in-classroom instruction and paid internships sponsored by various biotech and healthcare …   Internship Snapshots …

… I figured we were way overdue to give her a proper introduction and a chance to talk about all the cool work she’s … Doering and Bryce Foster and too many others to name at JGI for the last two years or so. SMC is now released and … a science-y kid? JACLYN WINTER: I was not actually. So in high school, I didn’t– well, I guess– I mean, a few people I …

… Research in the Eloe-Fadrosh group focuses on using genome-resolved metagenomic approaches to identify and … of viruses and novel microbial lineages, and reconstruct metabolic properties encoded within those genomes. Our … communities and ecosystem function.  The Environmental Genomics group also hosts the Viral Genomics group . …

… the Woyke laboratory focuses on the utility of single-cell methods to access genetic material of uncultivated taxa of interest. One such effort is targeted at environmental cells that are from … first described by Stanley and Konopa in 1985, which highlights our skewed understanding of microbial metabolism …

… On July 30, UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted to the end of a nine-week virtual internship. The celebration was preceded by short final …

… Find protocols provided by JGI and the JGI user community below for DNA preparation tools, high molecular-weight DNA extraction and RNA preparation.  … Tips for High Molecular Weight DNA extraction: …

… with my co-host Alison Takemura, who’s moved on from JGI to do real journalism, and we wish her all the best. Later on, I’ll introduce my new co-host, who I’m really excited to be working … many microbes. We still we work in plates, right? We’re a high throughput sequencing. We have high throughput …

… Institute’s Natural Prodcast, a podcast about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. … to the California gold rush. And we’ll talk about a new JGI paper that’s just come out where I got the chance to do … but in subtle ways that affect fitness. And so, doing a high level kind of analysis, you just might not be able to …