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… lot of like synthetic chemistry effort to create a bunch of novel compounds that actually didn’t pan out. DAN: And there … and the 90s. And so we started to be able to explore DNA sequencing and actually get to the DNA sequence – sequences … Something that’s you know …  ALISON: Central! DAN: That’s why they called it that! But for, maybe, people who are less …

… before– or kind of around about when the first genome sequencing was done. But natural products– marine natural … Duncan: Yeah. I love actinomycetes. Dan Udwary: Tell us why. I mean, I know, but I think– Alison Takemura: I want to … currently exist. We looked at chemistry, so it’s really novel. And they’re just really exciting. And it really kind …

… your interest in getting into natural products. DAN: Why are you here at SIMB? AARON PURI: Yeah. Thanks Jackie. … JGI and this was before they were integrated. So I thought, why not feed it in there. And I went to group meeting and … to identify what’s being made. In some cases it might be novel, in some cases it might be– might be a known structure …

… you maybe explain what’s going on with their biology and why they’re so important to natural products? ERIC:  Sure. … took an approach that was kind of a simplified metagenome sequencing approach to pick this system apart.  DAN:  And … doing was pursuing with Jacques Ravel, at TIGR, metagenome sequencing, which was very early days for that technology. …

… For accepted proposals, sequencing, synthesis, metabolomics and analysis will be … with DOE mission-relevant projects that call for expansive sequencing, synthetic biology, and metabolomics capabilities … Letters of Intent. Proposals may include synthetic biology, sequencing, and metabolomics. Proposals may include …

… Bill Fenical. And we connected to JGI through the Community Sequencing Program, and they worked with us to sequence two … working with you, Dan, on this one, and we said, “Well, why don’t we have you know, the bioinformaticians go against … at Monterey Bay, to be able to then do, at real time, sequencing on the underwater rover while it’s in the middle …

… it so easily with fungi. So…   NANCY: Yeah, I don’t know why. For example, with that – actually there’s a good talk … everything is funding, right, isn’t it? I thank JGI for sequencing a lot of fungi. But the thing with them – to get … sequence is really cheap. I’ve got colleagues that are sequencing dozens and dozens of fungi, mostly coming out of …

… resources empower students through isolation and genome sequencing of new fungal species.  Students collect fungi, … into iNaturalist. Myco-Ed has:  ~50 lineages selected for sequencing 16 genomes released 20 members from 15 … laboratories with minimal overhead (cost of media, ITS sequencing and tissue preparation), allowing participation …

… community from geothermal hot springs, they uncovered a novel cellulose-degrading bacterium typically found in low … pools, followed by whole genome amplification and shotgun sequencing. The team first tested the approach on bacterial … define as “any form of functional enrichment leading to the sequencing of genomes from either individual cells or …

… community at large with access to high-throughput sequencing, synthesis, and metabolomics at the JGI for … based on their DOE relevance.  For accepted proposals, sequencing, synthesis, metabolomics and analysis will be …

… use successfully, hopefully, in the future even more so as novel therapies. And that’s how I got on that path of … things, because a lot of what we do at JGI in terms of the sequencing that we do is very people-disconnected, and … methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus . Can you share why finding treatments for these microbes is so important? …