A new paper is discussed in this press release that is of interest to studies of microbiology of the built environment: UC HealthNews : Infants Exposed to Specific Molds Have Higher Asthma Risk. From the lab of Tiina Reponen who is involved in various studies on this topic. The online article is here: Full Text though it is not freely …
Interesting article on the possible connection between overworked/burned out nurses and hospital acquired infections: Burned-out nurses linked to more infections in patients – Vitals. Not clear whether any type of causal relationship was established here (though I doubt it). But nevertheless, this is yet another factor to consider when thinking about the transmission of microbes in …
Accidentally wandered into this year old story from what was then MSNBC: Hospital garb harbors nasty bacteria, study says. The story discusses something that is nearly always on my mind when I hear discussions of hospital acquired infections – scrubs. I am amazed, for example, at how many people from the UC Davis Veterinary School/Hospital (which …
Nice mini feature on Noah Fierer in the the New Scientist: Intrepid explorer of the microbe jungle in your home The feature is basically an interview with Graham Lawton and covers many topics of interest to studies of “microbiology of the built environment.” Good stuff in there on natural history, germaphobia, toilets and more. Definitely worth …
Postdoctoral Position in Environmental Metagenomics, Norman Pace Lab, Boulder, CO Available September 1, 2012, three years appointment, NIH salary grades. A three-year Research Associate position is available for participation with a team studying the microbial metagenomics of municipal water distribution systems. Although seemingly a mundane setting, little is known about the microbiology of municipal drinking …
This will be of interest to many I think: Science as an open enterprise – Report | Royal Society It is a comprehensive report from the Royal Society with links to videos, text, previous meetings, references, EPUBs, and more relating to a report that was released a few days ago. From the web site: Six key …
CBC Radio has a podcast on the “hotel microbe” story that was all the buzz at the #ASM2012 meeting last week: Hotel Rooms and Bacteria. I note – I was interviewed by Michael about this but am traveling and have not been able to listen to the podcast as of yet so listen at your own …
Well, investigations of Legionella outbreaks always seem to involve a combination of microbiology and building science so I thought I would post this link here: BBC News – Edinburgh Legionnaires’ outbreak: Cooling towers ‘likely’ source. I wonder how much Legionella is showing up in other buildings – especially in DNA based surveys – even when people …
Of possible interest to readers here. On my Tree of Life blog I have been compiling a list of microbiology focused blogs: The Tree of Life: Collecting links to blogs that focus entirely or partly on microbiology topics #ASM2012. We will be adding these to the microbiology blogroll here soon.
The session at the ASM 2012 meeting on “The Great Indoors” seems to have gone well. I will be writing up a more detailed report but here is a quick summary done via “Storify”. ———————– UPDATE February 2019 Storify is no longer in existence. Fortunately we were able to convert the Storify summary …