Month: April 2021

Open Postdoc Position at University of Oregon BioBE

By wymelenberg   Posted in .Featured BioBE Center Blog Posts Bioinformatics Built Environment Topics Job postings Microbiology of the Built Environment MoBE Postdoctoral Fellowship News
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The Biology and the Built Environment Center (BioBE) is currently seeking a post-doc to investigate fundamental questions surrounding the role of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi archaea, and protists) in the built environment and in relation to human health outcomes. Learn more and apply here. (https://careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/527294/post-doctoral-scholar-in-microbial-ecology)

Dust may be an efficient matrix for environmental monitoring of SARS-CoV-2

By Sarah Haines   Posted in Built Environment Topics Coronavirus Research Scholarly Literature (Journals, Books, Reports)
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A new viral disease surveillance tool: Indoor dust as a matrix for surveillance of COVID-19, published in mSystems. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, large scale monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 has helped to prevent spread and inform public health decisions. This has largely been done through individual sampling (ie nasal and saliva sample collection) and through environmental surveillance …