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Swift — verified that the fungi expressed biosynthetic gene clusters, which are “building blocks” of natural … products. The team then confirmed that these expressed genes translated into expected proteins. That work was done … fungal natural products, O’Malley and her team plan to use genetic tools to boost production and isolate the compounds. …

… that photosynthesizers share. The end result was a list of genes, termed  The GreenCut2 Resource . It details 597 genes coding for proteins that are unique to … “And perhaps surprising to a lot of people — a lot of the genes on that list — we have no idea what they’re doing,” …

… . doi: 10.1038/s41587-020-0718-6. Wood-Charlson EM, et al. 2020. The National Microbiome Data Collaborative: enabling … Award for Exceptional Early Scientific Career Achievement, 2020 NIH Early Career Investigator Travel Fellowship, 2013 … Metagenomics and Microbiome Standards Alliance (2020-current) Adjunct Graduate Faculty Member, Duke …

As their small genomes can be easily manipulated through genetic engineering, inoviruses are used for several … “What we’re really doing is looking for a particular gene found in all inoviruses, and then checking the surrounding genes,” he said. “If these genes are similar in size and …

… here.” Mentor: Lorenzo Aureli Project: “ Exploring the epigenetic basis of pathogenicity in bacteria” Erika Maquiling … Mentor: Zhong Wang Project: “ Improving biosynthetic gene cluster annotation by leveraging a large genomic model … a multiplex genomic integration system for the selection of genes essential for specialized carbon utilization ” Jesica …