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The Fungal & Algal Program explores the vast diversity of fungi … on large-scale sequencing efforts that survey the vast phylogenetic and ecological diversity of fungi and algae, …

The Fungal & Algal Program Advisory Committees is chartered by … on the effective management and strategic objectives of the Program. The Committee serves as the Program's key external advisory panels and advocates of Program strategy, operations, and scientific relevance …

Hey, everyone! Welcome to the “Self Promotion Episode” of Natural Prodcast. A little bit of a bonus episode, since … not enough time and money. I mean, we have a huge marine fungal project in collaboration with Bill Fenical at … for thousands of years, but we’d like to start comparing evolution in real time to maybe like hypersaline …

Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The … on the largest analysis of 5mC distribution across the fungal tree of life to date, involving more than 500 species … DNA modifications (epigenome).  In  Nature Ecology & Evolution , a team led by Robert Schmitz at the University …

Secondary Metabolites Program focuses on the exploration of secondary metabolites across bacteria, fungi, algae and … conditions, with only a small portion of the biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) being expressed. The program works to … pathway analysis, optimization of cell- and cell free-based expression platforms, tools and data for deciphering …

… schedule. This should be coming out on the first Thursday of the month, just like I promised. Now I just have to make … oftentimes will bind to receptors within biosynthetic gene clusters. Specifically, these are Tet repressors that … students, we obviously can't put any antibiotics or antifungals in there. So they get just a smattering. JACKIE: …

… … DAN: Hello, everyone, and Welcome back for Episode 14 of Natural Prodcast . There’s been a lot going on, so I took … my undergraduate in microbiology and then PhD in microbial genetics in the UK. And came across to the US for a couple … explore the regulation of biosynthetic gene cluster expression in organisms. And that’s led by Hiroshi Otani …

… to current problems facing humanity. A major focus are biofuel feedstock species and plant-microbe interactions, … to regulate Earth's carbon balance, to exploring the genetic basis of how plants have naturally adapted to varied … types to explore the molecular mechanisms behind phenotypic evolution. It also utilizes advanced tools, including deep …

… … DAN UDWARY: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s Natural Prodcast– a … bright guy who’s been thinking for a long time about the evolution and natural products systems. This conversation … Yeah, so any metabolite, produced by bacterial or fungal metabolism by microbes, will have a functional role. …

… … DAN UDWARY: Hey everyone and welcome back to a new session of Natural Prodcast. I’ve got two things I wanted to tell … colors. I mean, where else in nature– and they’re not fungal. Where else nature can you go see colonies of … school, then Frances Arnold’s papers came out, directed evolution, and Pim Stemmer. And at the time, I thought that …

The JGI’s Metabolomics Program works to uncover the roles of small molecules in biological systems, linking them with … metabolomics fuels the discovery  of novel metabolites, genes, and proteins. It also enables exploration of energy … scientists are able to link metabolic activity with gene expression, providing deeper insights into functional …

… are complex organisms that harbor a fantastic diversity of cell types and associated organisms, including fungal and bacterial symbionts, detrimental microbial … single-cell and spatial transcriptomics barcode-based genetics (RB-TnSeq), and computational genomics to better …