MicroBEnet community, I’m now entering the 5th month of sampling for my MoBE postdoctoral fellowship [see https://microbe.net/2014/10/29/microbiomes-and-the-athletic-arena-indoor-track-facility-microbiome-in-conjunction-with-salivary-and-nostril-microbiomes-of-indooroutdoor-runners/] and want to begin compiling the pertinent physical building-centric metadata (not for the individual samples, that I have as ongoing) for my project. Below is the list that I currently have, but if the community feels that there are other …
Let’s begin with a little detail on a current viral outbreak and finish with the indoor environment: Since October 17th, 16 NHL players and 2 referees have had confirmed mumps cases. The first diagnosed case was from a Minnesota Wild player, and then 4 other Wild players were subsequently diagnosed as well. Since then, players …
Microbiome studies involving sports, especially non-contact sports, have yet to become a focus of basic or clinical research. Studying indoor track facilities and the athletes that use them has the potential to demonstrate human effects on the microbiome of a built environment and reciprocated effects of the built environment on the human microbiome; this using …