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.

#UCDavis Social Media for STEM Discussion

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———————– UPDATE February 2019 Storify is no longer in existence. Fortunately we were able to convert the Storify summary to one via Wakelet. Wakelet details: Link to Wakelet Site: #UCDavis Social Media for STEM Discussion PDF of Wakelet ———————– Old Storify links: //storify.com/phylogenomics/ucdavis-social-media-for-stem-discussion.js?border=false&header=false&more=false Storify by Jonathan Eisen Sat, Jun 01 2013 08:31:54 #UCDavis Social Media …

Project MERCURRI encounters the Shoe Fairy #microbes #spacemicrobes #microBEnet

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Well, I did not know there was a shoe fairy out there but apparently there is.  See this post Philly Shoe Fairy: Shoe Science! where the Philly Shoe Fairy discusses participating in our Project MERCURRI.  This type of response is exactly why we love the idea of partnering with Darlene Cavalier, the Science Cheerleader, because she has …

Another reference genome for microbiology of the built environment studies: Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens

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Another genome report from our microBEnet project on generating reference genomes for microbes from the built environment is out: Draft Genome Sequence of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens Strain UCD-AKU (Phylum Actinobacteria). From the paper: Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens strain UCD-AKU was isolated from a residential carpet in Davis, California, as part of a project to produce reference genomes for microorganisms …

Woohoo – two more genome announcement papers from our undergraduate project on built environment reference genomes

By Jonathan Eisen   Posted in Research from microBEnet Scholarly Literature (Journals, Books, Reports)
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Two new papers out from the microBEnet Undergraduate Research: Built Environment Reference Genomes  project: Coil DA, Doctor JI, Lang JM, Darling AE, Eisen JA. 2013. Draft Genome Sequence of Kocuria sp. Strain UCD-OTCP (Phylum Actinobacteria). Genome Announc. 1(3):e00172-13. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00172-13. Diep AL, Lang JM, Darling AE, Eisen JA, Coil DA. 2013. Draft genome sequence of Dietzia sp. strain UCD-THP (phylum …

New study from UK: closing windows increases infection risk

By Jonathan Eisen   Posted in Buildings Scholarly Literature (Journals, Books, Reports)
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UPDATED AT BOTTOM – TURNS OUT NEWS STORY WAS VERY MISLEADING Wow.  Just got pointed to this news story: BBC News – Closing hospital windows ‘increases infection risk’.  It reports on work from Cath Noakes from the University of Leeds.  The work is published in a non open-access journal “Building and Environment” which I do not …