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Compiling Information about COVID19 transmission, masks, filtration, schools, etc.
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  • Feb 06, 2021
Wanted – science driven guidelines for deciding if and how to keep open / reopen schools re: #COVID19
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  • Coronavirus
  • Dec 21, 2020
#COVID19 Journal Club “Evidence of Long-Distance Droplet Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by Direct Air Flow in a Restaurant in Korea”
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  • Coronavirus
  • Dec 14, 2020
#COVID19 Preprint Journal Club: “Wastewater Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 as a Predictive Metric of Positivity Rate for a Major Metropolis”
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  • Coronavirus
  • Water Systems
  • Dec 08, 2020
#COVID19 Preprint Journal Club: “Distribution of SARS-CoV-2 RNA Signal in a Home with COVID-19 Positive Occupants”
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  • Coronavirus
  • Dec 08, 2020

Latest Other Posts

Compiling Information about COVID19 transmission, masks, filtration, schools, etc. Compiling Information about COVID19 transmission, masks, filtration, schools, etc.

Trying to collect some of the various information about COVID19 transmission and related topics including masks, schools, CO2, variants, etc. Mostly from Twitter threads and News articles Masks Wall Street Journal: Double Face Masks? N95? Protect Yourself Against New Covid-19 Variants With These Mask Upgrades Some important lines Double masking is wearing one mask over ...

Wanted – science driven guidelines for deciding if and how to keep open / reopen schools re: #COVID19
Wanted – science driven guidelines for deciding if and how to keep open / reopen schools re: #COVID19
#COVID19 Journal Club “Evidence of Long-Distance Droplet Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by Direct Air Flow in a Restaurant in Korea”
#COVID19 Journal Club “Evidence of Long-Distance Droplet Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by Direct Air Flow in a Restaurant in Korea”
#COVID19 Journal Club: “Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA contamination of inanimate surfaces and virus viability in a health care emergency unit”
#COVID19 Journal Club: “Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA contamination of inanimate surfaces and virus viability in a health care emergency unit”
#COVID19 Journal Club: “Lack of SARS-CoV-2 RNA environmental contamination in a tertiary referral hospital for infectious diseases in Northern Italy”
#COVID19 Journal Club: “Lack of SARS-CoV-2 RNA environmental contamination in a tertiary referral hospital for infectious diseases in Northern Italy”

Methods & Tools

Microbial genome bioinformatics postdoc at UC Berkeley – IGI and Banfield Lab Microbial genome bioinformatics postdoc at UC Berkeley – IGI and Banfield Lab
Report on 2020 Spacecraft-Associated Genome Analysis (SAGAn) workshop at NASA JPL Report on 2020 Spacecraft-Associated Genome Analysis (SAGAn) workshop at NASA JPL

Jobs

#COVID19 Job Opportunity: 6 month gig in Genomic Epidemiology #COVID19 Job Opportunity: 6 month gig in Genomic Epidemiology

Got pointed to this today… I can’t seem to copy and paste any of the text but is for a bioinformatics position working on their COVIDTracker.  Detailed information is here.         

Job Post: Senior Chemist – Healthy Home at Bissell Corporation
Job Post: Senior Chemist – Healthy Home at Bissell Corporation
Microbial genome bioinformatics postdoc at UC Berkeley – IGI and Banfield Lab
Microbial genome bioinformatics postdoc at UC Berkeley – IGI and Banfield Lab
Job Posting:  Postdoc at Virginia Tech “Microbial Biodiversity in Trans-Atlantic Dust Plumes”
Job Posting: Postdoc at Virginia Tech “Microbial Biodiversity in Trans-Atlantic Dust Plumes”
Job posting:  Senior Scientist in Microbiome Sciences at PNNL
Job posting: Senior Scientist in Microbiome Sciences at PNNL

Buildings and Building Science

Job Post: Senior Chemist – Healthy Home at Bissell Corporation Job Post: Senior Chemist – Healthy Home at Bissell Corporation
#COVID19 Preprint Journal Club: “How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?” #COVID19 Preprint Journal Club: “How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?”

Antimicrobials & Resistance

Space Station conditions are selective but do not alter microbial characteristics relevant to human health Space Station conditions are selective but do not alter microbial characteristics relevant to human health
The report from Kaunas: ISES-ISIAQ 2019 The report from Kaunas: ISES-ISIAQ 2019

Animals & Microbiomes of the Built Environment

#COVID19 Journal club “Susceptibility of ferrets, cats, dogs, and other domesticated animals to SARS–coronavirus 2” #COVID19 Journal club “Susceptibility of ferrets, cats, dogs, and other domesticated animals to SARS–coronavirus 2”
Job posting:  Postdoc in Microbiology at the USDA in Davis, CA Job posting: Postdoc in Microbiology at the USDA in Davis, CA

Citizen Science & Microbiology

Citizen Science Project on the Tomato Seed Microbiome Citizen Science Project on the Tomato Seed Microbiome
Tweets from Participatory Science session at #ASMicrobe Tweets from Participatory Science session at #ASMicrobe

Water Systems

#COVID19 Preprint Journal Club: “Wastewater Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 as a Predictive Metric of Positivity Rate for a Major Metropolis” #COVID19 Preprint Journal Club: “Wastewater Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 as a Predictive Metric of Positivity Rate for a Major Metropolis”
#COVID-19 Journal Club: “The wastewater microbiome: A novel insight for COVID-19 surveillance” #COVID-19 Journal Club: “The wastewater microbiome: A novel insight for COVID-19 surveillance”

Journal Club

We can model microbial growth in carpet dust after short bursts of elevated moisture We can model microbial growth in carpet dust after short bursts of elevated moisture

We are pleased to announce the publication of our manuscript titled “Modeling microbial growth in carpet dust exposed to diurnal variations in relative humidity using the “Time-of-Wetness” framework”  in the journal Indoor Air. This work is a culmination of research investigating how changes in relative humidity impact microbial growth in carpet dust. Our related study ...

Story behind the paper: RtxA type 1 secretion system and other virulence factors in Legionella
Story behind the paper: RtxA type 1 secretion system and other virulence factors in Legionella
Story behind the paper:  Christensenlla genome analysis
Story behind the paper: Christensenlla genome analysis
Journal Club: “Home chemical and microbial transitions across urbanization”
Journal Club: “Home chemical and microbial transitions across urbanization”
How does flooring type impact your indoor chemistry and indoor microbiology?
How does flooring type impact your indoor chemistry and indoor microbiology?

News

New paper of potential interest on economic development and the human microbiome New paper of potential interest on economic development and the human microbiome
Two new papers exploring the characteristics of infant microbial exposures Two new papers exploring the characteristics of infant microbial exposures

Microbial Dark Matter

Everyone should read this piece by Ed Yong: Norm Pace Blew The Door Off The Microbial World Everyone should read this piece by Ed Yong: Norm Pace Blew The Door Off The Microbial World
A hairy pacman approach to “microbial dark matter” in drinking water A hairy pacman approach to “microbial dark matter” in drinking water

Microbes in Spaaaaaaaace

Story Behind the Paper: Draft genomes from JPL spacecraft… assembled by undergraduates Story Behind the Paper: Draft genomes from JPL spacecraft… assembled by undergraduates
Journal Club: “Crewmember microbiome may influence microbial composition of ISS habitable surfaces” Journal Club: “Crewmember microbiome may influence microbial composition of ISS habitable surfaces”

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