Natural Prodcast JGI
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Natural Prodcast is a podcast about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. Natural products, secondary metabolites, specialized metabolites -- whatever you want to call them, they're the chemicals that make species unique and different from one another, and are incredibly important to medicine, the environment, and human health. Hosts Dan Udwary and Jackie Winter introduce concepts in this exciting field, and talk to the fascinating scientists who work in it. This series brought to you by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.
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Natural Prodcast Ep 24 - Jackie Winter and SMC
On this bonus episode of Natural Prodcast, it's the Self Promotion Episode! Dan chats with new-ish co host Jackie Winter, from the University of Utah, about her secondary metabolism research on weird microbes and bioactive compounds in the Great Salt Lake. Then, Dan talks (maybe way too much) about the Secondary Metabolism Collaboratory, or SMC, JGI's new data portal for natural product biosynthetic gene clusters.
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Natural Prodcast Ep 23 - Aaron Puri
Natural Prodcast talks to Aaron Puri, from the University of Utah's Chemistry Department. We talked about carbon-fixing methylotrophs, quorum sensing, and inverse stable isotopic labeling.
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Natural Prodcast Ep 22 - Alison Narayan
In this episode, Dan and Jackie talk to Alison Narayan, from the University of Michigan's Life Sciences Institute and Department of Chemistry. We talked broadly about the field of "biocatalysis", about her DNA synthesis project with the JGI to explore flavin monooxygenases, and what we all need to do in the future to figure out how to make predictions about the functionality and chemical capabilities of enzymes. Also, the Prodcast formally declares its position on candy corn.
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Natural Prodcast Ep 21 - Elizabeth Parkinson
Natural Prodcast's interview with Elizabeth (Betsy) Parkinson, from Purdue, about bacterial signaling molecules and regulation of biosynthetic pathways, semisynthetic cyclic peptides, student mental health, and getting kids interested in microbiology.
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Natural Prodcast Ep 20 - Brian Bachmann
Natural Prodcast's interview with Vanderbilt Professor of Chemistry, Brian O Bachmann.
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Natural Prodcast Ep 19 - Bill Fenical
Natural Prodcast talks to Prof William Fenical of Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego about the beginnings of marine natural products, his experiences in drug discovery, and exploring marine bacteria.
Customer Reviews
Great content and fun to listen to!
I really enjoy listening to this podcast. Dan and Allison do a great job making the field of natural products accessible and getting the guests to tell interesting stories. I am in the field of natural products and find it helpful to hear what leaders in the field are thinking about as well. Keep the episodes coming!
Love this!
I’m a pharmacognosy (natural product) graduate student and I love this podcast. Thanks for putting in the effort to bring attention to this awesome field!
Accurate and interesting
Great podcast, always interesting to hear from Dan, Alison and their guests!