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… reconstruct and model gene regulatory pathways used by the filamentous fungus  Neurospora crassa, and to identify and … The Impact N. crassa is the model organism for filamentous fungi, all of which contain a wide array of plant cell-wall … chemicals. Summary Filamentous fungi are like handymen who show up at a job site for a task that requires a flathead …

… and PacBio sequencing workflows and provide guidance as to how to perform sample QC prior to shipment: Importance of …

So it was great to hear her passion and enthusiasm for fungi. And we talk a lot about some of the technical …   DAN: I guess I wanted to start, maybe just by asking you how did you get into the field of natural products?   NANCY: … was actually when I was in graduate school that the first filamentous fungi were transformed. So I wasn’t even …

… of Utah in the Department of Chemistry. So welcome. DAN: How do we introduce Aaron? JACKIE: How would you like to be … the absence of oxygen. But these are the next step in the food web. So these are organisms– if you think about maybe … but it’s really nice to be able to– for them to be able to sense, I guess I’m anthropomorphizing a lot myself, for them …

The Fungal & Algal Program explores the vast diversity of fungi and algae to unlock their potential for bioenergy, … program investigates the biological mechanisms that enable fungi and algae to play a vital role in carbon cycling, … studies. These efforts seek to improve understanding of how fungi and algae contribute to ecosystems and industries. …

… , and I’ll link out to everything in the show notes, as always, at naturalprodcast.com . And, if you … Cassandra, you’ll also want to check out her podcast, “Foodie Pharmacology,” where she talks about history, … nothing for. We’re also working on organisms, pathogenic fungi like Candida aureus in the lab and we work on …

… the exploration of secondary metabolites across bacteria, fungi, algae and plants. These molecules, which are not … defense, nutrient acquisition and communication. Studying how these compounds are biosynthesized and their roles in … aiding in symbiotic relationships and nutrient acquisition. However, secondary metabolite production is often not fully …

… … DAN: Hey Marcy!  ALISON: Hey Marcy?  MARCY: Hello. How’s it going?  DAN: Good. How are you?  MARCY: Am fine. I … out how to show this data and to do it in a way that makes sense. And I always call this the needle in the Haystack. … working on that aspect and it’s quite active against some fungi. But we’re also really interested in distribution. So …

… biosynthetic pathway, and I’ll have to do a whole show on it one of these days. If you listen to the Nancy … use your imagination a little bit to really make that make sense as an acronym, but there you go. A tiny bit of … marine organisms. Except during the time that we worked in fungi. But what do you see as the overall theme of your …

… . And I’ll be sure I put that link in the show notes, which you can always find through the JGI website … which, at least at the time, was called Inatreq . It’s a fungicide that is active against Sartoria which is a really … And I really thought about that, but that totally makes sense. That’s a big part of what I enjoy about being here …

… natural chemical compounds that you find in plants, fungi and bacteria, basically all living things. When your … talking about here. JGI, as an institution has recognized how important natural products are to understanding the … and that we might just kind of happen across them in our food. That’s crazy!  DAN: Yeah, just like the geosmin – …