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Natural Prodcast Ep 22 - Alison Narayan

Natural Prodcast Ep 22 - Alison Narayan

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Natural Prodcast Ep 22 - Alison Narayan

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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Oct 4, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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. 
Released:
Oct 4, 2023
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.