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Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge approaches.  Our group also … To provide additional functional insights into microbial genomes, the JGI now uses laser microdissection to …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a podcast about … transcriptomics, metabolomics, and natural products in plants, fungi, and microorganisms. If you want to …

… of natural products, Professor Bill Fenical from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. Bill is a pioneer … local marine environment. I went out and picked up marine plants, I picked up animals. And I asked the simple … powerful people. These were people that really controlled microbial drug discovery. And a guy like me, with no …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … of reference genomes for fungal metagenomics. Two more CSP proposals came in 2016 that would complement these … along with 100 of his colleagues in the comparative plant genomics community. The project’s aim is to generate …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … genomic revolution, to me, as a natural part chemist for microbial natural product, is that I love microbial natural … product chemistry? BEN:  Yeah. So, I was trained as a plant natural product chemist. When I first started in …

… critical ecosystem functions and affect global nutrient cycling, however they do so under strong constraints exerted by viruses. Research in the viral genomics … parameters driving virus:host dynamics in environmental microbial communities. This involves both experimental and …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … out as a candidate feedstock for biofuels thanks to its drought and flood hardiness. Even with little water, full sunlight and hot temperatures, sorghum plants can photosynthesize and thrive — some varieties grow …

… strengthens -omics technologies at the JGI by identifying the actual molecules present in an environment that influence system behavior.  Through … samples, including organisms (e.g. microbes, fungi, plant), media in which they grow, as well as different types …