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Secondary Metabolites Science Program, which I was hired into, and my job is to do cool research, and also to talk to … is a chemical compound called geosmin that’s produced by soil bacteria that live all over the place. So that smell of … metabolomics, and natural products in plants, fungi, and microorganisms. If you want to collaborate, let us know! …

This research helps translate their genomic potential into practical applications, including sustainable biofuels, … plant biomass production as well as converting biomass into bioenergy and bioproducts. The program’s fungal …

BARONA-GOMEZ: I think that the very first thing that got us into this is that we should, in any case, use definitions … that’s a big question mark– why is it that we have these microorganisms that have truly secondary metabolism. The … consider them specialized, but they might not be because of maintaining of a chemical diversity that the organism may be …

… a new culture of a new bacteria that you pulled from the soil, maybe it’s, you know, we talked about sponges, go pull … and you can still make more of it, then you start going into human trials or animal trials first, and going through … metabolomics, and natural products in plants, fungi, and microorganisms. If you want to collaborate, let us know!  …

… question. Kate, can you tell me the story of how you got into secondary metabolites? Kate Duncan: So I always liked … when I was quite young. I just turned 17 when I enrolled into University, so I guess I must’ve been around about 18. … how to work with these really complex and incredible microorganisms. And it was decades-worth of top level …