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… of their synthases so that we can start to use the DNA sequence to predict or just understand better the language of microbial cell-cell communication. And he told us about his … your interest in getting into natural products. DAN: Why are you here at SIMB? AARON PURI: Yeah. Thanks Jackie. …

… Welcome back to Natural Prodcast. This continues the series of interviews we recorded at the Society for Industrial … enzymes are, right? ALISON NARAYAN: Yes, and so that’s why I don’t like that sentence. I think that sometimes, we … association that might help? Like, if you have an unknown sequence or new flavin monooxygenases, you could say, oh …

… through their roots, creating a lively zone called the rhizosphere. In this episode, biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has your backstage …

… culture-disconnected. Like we’ll take some soil samples and sequence all the bugs out of that or whatever. And so I was … methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus . Can you share why finding treatments for these microbes is so important? … that we found, indeed, that both formulations had some antimicrobial properties. But the one that was used in …

… to another, which can have a significant impact on the microbial communities within soil. Using metagenomics, … AMGs in soil viruses thought to break down chitin, the gene sequences were cloned by the JGI.  The JGI’s DNA synthesis … and AMGs. It could spawn future research into understanding why these AMGs exist in the first place, and what function …

… Duncan: Yeah. I love actinomycetes. Dan Udwary: Tell us why. I mean, I know, but I think– Alison Takemura: I want to … of almost finished characterizing them. We’ve got genome sequences, which are just incredible. We’ve looked at the … And sometimes, in terms of biological activities– like antimicrobial or something– sometimes a little difference is …

… — before any work can begin, including the submission of samples for sequencing, or the submission of sequencing data for synthesis. This agreement, required … Agreement and Appendix. An Appendix identifies the type of work or specific proposal to be covered under the …

… Micro-Scale Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge approaches.  Our group also seeks out new … The JGI uniquely offers the first quantitative Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) … functional assay lets us move beyond cataloging the genes of microorganisms and start making quantitative measurements …

… Panicum hallii genomes offer insights to drought tolerance. The Science Researchers … a genomic model to study drought tolerance in perennial grasses using Panicum hallii (Hall’s panicgrass), by … Through the JGI’s Community Science Program , JGI sequenced and assembled near-complete genomes of P. hallii …

… return to health, researchers have taken a look at microbial genomes across a spectrum of burned soils. By … which microbes in the soil persist after a wildfire — and why they thrive — gives forest managers more avenues to … builds on the pyrophilous fungi the JGI has previously sequenced , and provides a powerful snapshot of what soils …

… and other omics technologies.  The exponential growth of DNA sequencing data, coupled with recent computational … advances in management, processing and visualization of “big data,” and artificial Intelligent/machine learning … breakthrough discoveries and catalyzing a major transition of biology into data science.  Research in the Kyrpides …