Day 2 of #NeLLi17: From New Lineages of Life To New Functions
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Interesting discussion of data vs. metadata started at #NeLLi17 & continuing
I thought this might be of interest. [View the story “Interesting discussion of data vs. metadata started at #NeLLi17 & continuing” on Storify]
Day 1 of #NeLLi17 – From New Lineages of Life To New Functions
I made a Storify of Tweets from Day 1 of the “From New Lineages of Life to New Functions” meeting. See: #NeLLi17 – From New Lineages of Life To New Functions Day 1 (with images, tweets) · phylogenomics · Storify. [View the story “#NeLLi17 – From New Lineages of Life To New Functions Day 1” …
Important story by @HelenBranswell in @statnews: Why the advice to take all your antibiotics may be wrong
Quick post. This is a very important read by Helen Branswell in STAT for those interested in antibiotic resistance. Patients are told to finish their antibiotics, even if they feel better, but that guidance may be exacerbating antibiotic resistance, some experts say. Source: Why the advice to take all your antibiotics may be wrong
These are actual living microbiologists #actuallivingscientist #microbiology #microbes
I have been tracking #actuallivingscientist postings on Twitter compiled those by people doing microbiology. Actual living microbiologists. [View the story “These are actual living microbiologists #actuallivingscientist #microbiology #microbes #microBEnet” on Storify]
New papers on Microbiology of the Built Environment, January 29, 2017
Microbes indoors Building-related symptoms are linked to the in vitro toxicity of indoor dust and airborne microbial propagules in schools: A cross-sectional study – JT Salin – Environmental Research ($41.95) We examined whether the in vitro toxicity of indoor samples from school buildings was associated with work-related health symptoms (building-related symptoms, BRS). Administrators of the Helsinki …
Future Proofing Law symposium at #UCDavis #futureproofinglaw #AI #algorithms #robots #CRISPR
This may be of interest to some here. I made a Storify of the Tweets from the “Future Proofing Law” symposium that was at UC Davis yesterday and the day before. There were multiple biotech. themed sessions and presentations as well as discussions of many topics connected to microBEnet in various ways such as open …
Wrap up of #PSB17 – Pacific Symposium in Biocomputing
Just got back from the Pacific Symposium in Biocomputing. The meeting had some aspects that may be of interest to various folks. Electronic proceedings of the meeting are here. I talked in a session on functional predictions. I was asked to do this at the last minute so I made my slides by hand. Here …
A serendipitous demonstration of the power of social media in the classroom
“Social media is a waste of time”, “You should be writing grants”, “Spend more time at the bench and less time on Twitter” I don’t really want to wade into this discussion too strongly… there are a number of great resources out there documenting the utility of social media in science and science communication (examples …
Koala Poop Microbiome Class: Week 10, Antibiotic Resistance Measurements
Since this was the last week of the quarter, we didn’t require the students to blog as in the previous 9 weeks. Also, mostly we recapped what had happened in the class and discussed various assignments. But the students did measure the antibiotic resistance of their strains, and we also had a powerful demonstration of …