Tenure-track faculty position in microbial pathogenesis – Calif. State Univ. Chico
Please see job postings at: ScienceCareers ASM Career Connections: LinkedIn Review of applications starts Sept. 22, 2017
Month: August 2017
BMC Infectious Diseases soliciting papers for special issue on “The airborne microbiome – implications for aerosol transmission and infection control”
Of potential interest: BMC Infectious Diseases | The airborne microbiome – implications for aerosol transmission and infection control From the site Edited by Julian Tang, University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust, UK & Yuguo Li, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Many infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, whooping cough, Aspergillus and other fungal infections, human and avian influenza, measles, chickenpox, and some …
10th World Conference of Science Journalists (#WCSJ17) in October in SF has a lot on microbes …
So this looks like a very very good meeting. Source: Schedule – 10th World Conference of Science Journalists, San Francisco 2017 As a science writer, blogger, Tweeter, etc, it seems of great interest to me, even though I am not sure whether I would classify in any way as a science journalist. Regardless, if you …
Master’s Thesis of Possible Interest: role of hospital toilets in microbial dissemination & the effectiveness of UV C
Just got notified of this via some automated Google Scholar searchers and it seems like it might be of interest: Source: The role of hospital toilets in microbial dissemination and the effectiveness of ultraviolet C irradiation – UBC Library Open Collections Master’s thesis by Jesse Cooper from UBC. See some discussion of this on …
American Industrial Hygiene Association covers NAS MoBE report
The NAS report on Microbiomes of the Built Environment is getting some reasonably broad reach. For example it was picked up by the American Industrial Hygiene Association. See: Report Suggests Research Agenda for Indoor Microbiology, Human Health, and Buildings
Panel discussion on 9/11 on NAS “Microbiomes of the Built Environment” report
Recently we wrote about a new NAS report: NAS Study released: #MOBEstudy “Microbiomes of the Built Environment: A Research Agenda for Indoor Microbiology, Human Health, and Buildings” I am writing here to share that there will be a panel discussion on September 11 about this report. People can attend in person or online. From the email …
ScienceFriday on ‘What Microbes Are Hiding In Your Microbiome?’ with Jessica Green & Rob Dunn
Source: What Microbes Are Hiding In Your Microbiome? Great to see / hear this on Science Friday. Featuring Jessica Green and Rob Dunn and a discussion of the new NAS report on microbiomes of the built environment. Produced by Katie Hiler. It is worth a listen to … Here is their summary: Ever wonder if your …
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Consultant, Colorado State University’s College of Agriculture Sciences (CAS)
Join the CSU Microbiome Network! Don’t like chasing grants to fund your salary? This hard-line position is for you! http://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/48757 Colorado State University’s College of Agriculture Sciences (CAS) seeks Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Consultant to provide (1) expertise to the CAS research community in bioinformatics experimental design and analysis, (2) state of the art collaborative bioinformatics/computational biology …
Scary long read in the NY Times on the “return of syphilis”
Not for the faint of heart. But this is an important article and worth a look: Hunting a Killer: Sex, Drugs and the Return of Syphilis – The New York Times In the article, Jan Hoffman discussed the “return of symphilis” – that is, how syphilis has been undergoing an increase in the number of outbreaks …
#MoBE17: Microbiology of the Built Environment Research & Applications Symposium
This meeting should be of interest to many out there. A great collection of speakers and topics. Keynotes by Ed Yong, Susan Lynch and Marc Edwards. Registration deadline is September 1. MoBE 2017 Microbiology of the Built Environment Research and Applications Symposium October 10 – October 12, 2017 NAS Building Washington, DC …