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… … DAN: Hey Marcy!  ALISON: Hey Marcy?  MARCY: Hello. How’s it … And we’ve done some work with those and have a couple of publications out there on the chemistry. There’s so much … in how the community itself works together to elicit new metabolite production. And we are also interested in how …

Natural Prodcast is a “fireside chat”-style podcast about … metabolites all refer to the chemicals that make species unique and different from one another. They are incredibly important to medicine, …

Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple … for which there were previously no genomes of symbiotic species available: 73 saprotrophs and 62 mycorrhizal species. The 62 mycorrhizal species include 29 newly-sequenced mycorrhizal genomes. With so many fungal  …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US. .Department of Energy Joint … in the project by watching Amanda Hurley’s presentation from the 2019 JGI Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting.] … I worked on a team at the Broad that was looking to develop new methods for DNA sequencing of microbes. And what kept …

The Metagenome Program uses advanced sequencing technologies to … based on functional traits. These advancements provide new insights into microbial ecosystems.  The Program also … regulation, and noncoding RNAs in microbiomes. The insights from this work have the potential to drive innovations in …

To expand access to integrated data, improve tools and … for microbiome data science, and the development of new informatics tools specifically optimized for … to seamlessly access and analyze data on scales ranging from single genes and individual genomes to metagenomes to …

Metabolomics strengthens -omics technologies at the JGI by … light on nutrient cycling, and leads to the discovery of new molecules and pathways. The JGI Metabolomics Platform delivers rich metabolite profiles from diverse biological and environmental samples using …

The JGI’s DNA Synthesis Program supports a wide range of projects, from single-gene synthesis to the synthesis of entire … These advancements contribute to the development of new biofuels and sustainable biochemicals. The DNA Synthesis …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint … is a bacterial sacred metabolite, and ergot alkaloids come from fungi, and Taxol from plants. Plants, fungi, bacteria, … were a really common source for people to try to find new medicines for a long time. But we know now that most of …

… … DAN: Welcome back for episode 9 of Natural Prodcast. This week, Alison and I talk to Roger Linington, from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. … if we’re finding an audience outside of just us. If you’re new to natural products science, please let me know! I’m …

The Fungal & Algal Program explores the vast diversity of fungi and … and environmental sustainability. Fungi, with million species, are essential for ecosystem functioning — … The program’s fungal genomics research explores new metabolic processes and enzymes that can be applied in …

New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent … scientists have shown at least two microorganisms from different phyla are capable of methanogenesis. Using …