Nigel Mouncey
nigelmouncey.bsky.social
Nigel Mouncey
@nigelmouncey.bsky.social
Director of the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute. Head of JGI’s Secondary Metabolites Science Program. Research interests are natural products, synthetic biology, microbiome
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UMass Amherst Microbiology is hiring a tenure-track virologist. Come work with me! 🦠🧪
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Details - Assistant Professor - Virology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
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October 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Feeling extremely honored to be recognized in this year’s AAAS Fellow list. But the honor and my gratitude really goes to all the amazing people I’ve had the privilege of leading and working with at the JGI and during my time in industry who’ve made my career so enjoyable. Thank you!
🎉 Congratulations to @jgi.doe.gov Director @nigelmouncey.bsky.social and Phillip Messersmith, a faculty senior scientist in our Materials Sciences Division on making the 2024 @aaas.org Fellows List for distinguished achievements in advancing or applying science. 🧪
Two Berkeley Lab Scientists Named AAAS Fellows
Nigel Mouncey and Phillip Messersmith were among those awarded this lifetime honor.
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March 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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The JGI’s Secondary Metabolism Collaboratory is a public database with more than 13 million BGCs. As of publication in @narjournal.bsky.social earlier this year, it is the largest repository of BGC sequence data. 

#secmet 🖥️🧬🧪
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A Community Resource for Secondary Metabolite Researchers | Joint Genome Institute
The Secondary Metabolism Collaboratory encourages user engagement.
jgi.doe.gov
March 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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🚀 Live from DC! The National Lab Research SLAM is happening NOW! 🎤💡

Finalists from DOE National Labs—including our own Yumary Vasquez (@jgi.doe.gov)—deliver fast-paced, 3-minute talks to compete for Best Presentation in their field. 🏆

Who’s your favorite SLAM speaker? Drop a comment! ⬇️ #NLSLAM25
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Livestream the National Lab Research SLAM here at 4:30pm ET
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March 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Gain access to resources at multiple facilities for a single project by submitting a Letter of Intent by TOMORROW (3/6) for the Facilities integrating Collaborations for User Science, or FICUS call.

Learn more: jgi.doe.gov/work-with-us...

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March 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Save the date for the National Research SLAM!

3/5/25 - 1:30 pm-3:00 pm (PT)

Early career researchers from all 17 DOE National Laboratories will present their research - including #TeamBioSci's own Yumary Vasquez!

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February 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Our new review article "Microbial secondary metabolites: advancements to accelerate discovery towards application" in Nature Reviews Microbiology is now published!

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Microbial secondary metabolites: advancements to accelerate discovery towards application
Nature Reviews Microbiology - In this Review, Dinglasan and colleagues explore innovations that facilitate rapid microbial secondary metabolite discovery, focusing on recent techniques for the...
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January 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Our paper introducing the Secondary Metabolism Collaboratory (SMC) containing 13M BGCs from >1.3M genomes is just out: doi.org/10.1093/nar/... Access SMC at smc.jgi.doe.gov
The secondary metabolism collaboratory: a database and web discussion portal for secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters
Abstract. Secondary metabolites are small molecules produced by all corners of life, often with specialized bioactive functions with clinical and environme
doi.org
November 16, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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Hello to our new followers! DYK the JGI offers genomic capabilities to researchers tackling questions related to energy and the environment?

You can learn more about how to work w/us at jointgeno.me/proposals_B

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#PlantScience #secmet

@axelvisel.bsky.social
@simrouxvirus.bsky.social
Calls for User Proposals - DOE Joint Genome Institute
How to work with us, and upcoming proposal deadlines.
jointgeno.me
November 12, 2024 at 9:57 PM
November 13, 2024 at 6:25 PM