Author: Jonathan Eisen

I am a Professor at U. C. Davis. My lab is in the UC Davis Genome Center and I hold appointments in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology in the School of Medicine and the Department of Evolution and Ecology in the College of Biological Sciences. My research focuses on the origin of novelty (how new processes and functions originate). To study this I focus on sequencing and analyzing genomes of organisms, especially microbes and using phylogenomic analysis (see my lab site here which has more information on lab activities).  In addition to research, I am heavily involved in the Open Access publishing and Open Science movements.

NASA. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award Fellowships to Study ISS Microbes 

By Jonathan Eisen   Posted in .Featured MoBE Postdoctoral Fellowship Sloan MoBE Program Space
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Of interest: Source: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award Fellowships to Study ISS Microbes | NASA Fellow: Melissa Dsouza, University of Auckland, New Zealand PI-Advisor: Kasthuri Venkateswaran, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Investigating mechanisms for the acquisition and prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in the ISS cultivable microbiome. Awarded by the NASA Space Biology Program. Fellow: Michael Lee, University of …

Your help is wanted in this #CitizenMicrobiology project: “BashTheBug – Help us fight antibiotic resistance!”

By Jonathan Eisen   Posted in .Featured Antimicrobials and Resistance Citizen Science
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Just found out about this new Citizen Microbiology project via Andrew Su on Twitter who retweeted a post of Jennifer Gardy’s A neat citizen science project launched today as part of the big TB sequencing consortium -help spot drug resistance https://t.co/rFHsrmdBJk — Jennifer Gardy (@jennifergardy) April 7, 2017 Source: BashTheBug – Help us fight antibiotic resistance! …

Standards for Pathogen Detection for Biosurveillance & Clinical Applications Workshop | NIST

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Of possible interest: Source: Standards for Pathogen Detection for Biosurveillance and Clinical Applications Workshop | NIST From the email announcement I received: Hosted by NIST and the DHS Science and Technology Directorate August 14th and 15th on the NIST Campus in Gaithersburg, MD One Page Abstracts for talks, lightning talks and posters are now being accepted. Please …

Of possible interest: Special Issue on emerging aquatic microbial and chemical contaminants 

By Jonathan Eisen   Posted in Scholarly Literature (Journals, Books, Reports) Urban Microbiomes Water Systems
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Just a quick post here.  There is a “special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).” that may be of interest.  The issue is on “Emerging Aquatic Microbial and Chemical Contaminants of Concern and Their Impact on Human Health” and it currently has seven papers and apparently more coming. A brief …

Microbiology Student Symposium at UC Berkeley 4/29/17

By Jonathan Eisen   Posted in Knowledge, Teaching, and Communication Meetings and Talks
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Microbiology Student Symposium at UC Berkeley (free & credit as local conf for DE-HMI students) When: April 29th, 2017 9 AM – 5 PM, reception to follow Where: David Brower Center 2150 Allston Way, Suite 100, Berkeley, CA 94704 Keynote speakers: Bonnie Bassler (Princeton) Edward DeLong (U Hawaii) More info & registration: http://microstudentgroup.weebly.com/2017-microbiology-student-symposium.html