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The Metagenome Program uses advanced sequencing technologies to decode the genomes of microbes in their natural environments. This work encompasses bacteria, archaea, and … to assess microbial activity across ecosystems.  By studying microbial communities and their interactions, the …

ALISON TAKEMURA: So Nadine, what got you interested in studying natural products? NADINE ZIEMERT: Like almost … that easily can identify secondary metabolite pathways in metagenomes, which is still hard to do. We are mining a lot … of these environments? NADINE ZIEMERT: So we started with soil. But we also have, in collaboration with other people, …

… to explore the vast and diverse world of microbes. Studying bacteria and archaea, including those associated … addressing key environmental challenges, such as improving soil health, carbon sequestration and bioeconomy … capability of microbial communities based on their metagenome sequence, in the context of reference isolate …

… metabolites, genes, and proteins. It also enables exploration of energy and nutrient exchange, as well as microbial and … the program supports foundational research related to soil nutrient cycling and health, terrestrial biogeochemical … health, and bioenergy development. … EcoFABs:  For studying microbe-host (or plant-microbiome) interactions …

… by exploring plants’ role in capturing carbon, detoxifying soils, interacting with other organisms, and adapting to … supports the development of next-generation biofuels by studying perennial grasses and fast-growing trees as … It is now available for both eukaryotic and microbial metagenome assemblies. It is also available as an app in …

… … DAN: All right. Welcome back to Natural Prodcast. I did it. I’m keeping to my schedule. This should be coming out on the first Thursday of the month, just like I promised. … or online catalog, I guess. So we've also been able to get soils from Purdue campus itself and been able to actually …

… … DAN UDWARY: Hey everyone and welcome back to a new session of Natural Prodcast. … off through these areas. And you can do– with a teaspoon of soil from outside, you maybe have to do a 10,000-fold … just now switching from intermicrobial interactions, studying intermicrobial interactions by imaging interactions …

Early Career Research Program .   If “BERSS” is not mentioned in the BER funding call, proposals are NOT eligible for … and requesting an optional letter of feasibility to accompany their proposal  should fill out this form . Please … with existing transportation fuels. Researchers also study ways to develop valuable byproducts from lignin left …

The IMG group owns and maintains integral components of JGI’s production workflow, and is responsible … specificity of single cells and genomes extracted from metagenomes, and also as a metric for quality control within …

… … DAN UDWARY: Hey, everyone. I’ve got a great episode for you here today. We got the … kept looking for open jobs that said, we want a chemist to study the ocean. And I didn’t find a single job … are many others, including Streptomycetes, which are common soil bacteria. DAN UDWARY: Yeah, we talk about them a lot …

The Micro-Scale Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge approaches.  Our … the quality of single-cell genomes and directly link functional information with individual cells. Research Team    … …

… curator there, with a broad range of experimental work on plants for drug discovery in antibiotics, anticancer, and … And for the audience, ethnobotany is the scientific study of the ways that people interact with plants, whether … and culture-disconnected. Like we’ll take some soil samples and sequence all the bugs out of that or …