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Natural Prodcast Ep 16 - Marcy Balunas

Natural Prodcast Ep 16 - Marcy Balunas

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Natural Prodcast Ep 16 - Marcy Balunas

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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Jan 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Natural Prodcast presents our interview with Professor Marcy Balunas, currently at the University of Connecticut's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences but soon moving to the University of Michigan's Department of Microbiology and Immunology. In this episode, we discuss her work in in many areas of chemical exploration of natural products for bioactive compound discovery, understanding symbiosis, and a JGI project around ants and their fungus farms. Transcript at https://jgi.doe.gov/natural-prodcast-episode-16-marcy-balunas/
Released:
Jan 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (25)

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. Join hosts Dan Udwary and Alison Takemura as they introduce concepts in this exciting field, and talk to the fascinating and entertaining scientists who work in it. This series brought to you by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.