Days 4 and 5 of the meeting were a real mix of things including chemistry, evolution, and ‘omics. Also Kevin Bonham took fairly detailed notes throughout the entire conference and put those all online here, worth checking out if you want more detail. Started off the day with Mohamed S. Donia from Princeton University, “Small …
Day 3 of the meeting was virus day! Viruses have often gotten short shrift at these kinds of meeting, especially once 16S rRNA sequencing took over the microbial world. But the balance is shifting back, largely because of metagenomics. First up was Andrew J. Hryckowian from Stanford University “Bacteriodes thetaiotaomicron as a Chassis for Understanding …
Day 2 of Lake Arrowhead kicked off with a nice mix of talks with seemingly a focus on biogeography and spatial resolution of microbial communities which was pretty interesting to see. First was Martin Ackermann from ETH Zurich, Switzerland “A Microscale Perspective on Microbial Interactions”. Introduced topic by talking about the need to understand what’s …
Arrived today for the bi-annual Lake Arrowhead Microbial Genomics meeting up in the San Bernadino mountains. This is my 4th time at this meeting, and it’s my clear favorite. As in past years, I’ll blog something about the talks each day and will try to do some sort of collection of tweets as well (no …
I’m torn between wanting to ignore this story and wanting to attack the media reports on the study. I think I’ll compromise on a minimum set of complaints. Firstly, the paper itself (“Deposition of respiratory virus pathogens on frequently touched surfaces at airports“) is more or less fine. The authors used real-time PCR to look …
There is a microbiome meeting of potential interest to folks: the 1st annual CMI International Microbiome Meeting (CIMM) in San Diego. From the meeting site: On behalf of Dr. Rob Knight, the Center for Microbiome Innovation is pleased to host the 1st annual CMI International Microbiome Meeting (CIMM) on February 27–28, 2019 in San Diego. Additionally, we are pleased to announce that the 1st Urobiome Meeting on February 26, 2019, led by Linda Brubaker MD, …
Very torn about this. On the one hand “Microbiology of the Built Environment” by Jack Gilbert and Brent Stephens is a great summary of the current status of the field. On the other hand, it’s behind a paywall and I can’t access the article from my house where I am currently working. In the interests …
Just got pointed to a description of this 1-day meeting in New York on October 12, 2018… “It’s a Brave New World: Applications, Promise and Public Implications of Metagenomics in Urban Settings”. Sounds like a great lineup of speakers and certainly a fascinating topic! Meeting description below: This 1-day symposium brings together urban microbiome …
Job posting from the University of Puget Sound, looking for someone with an interest in both teaching and bioinformatics. Summary text below: The Department of Biology at the University of Puget Sound, a predominantly undergraduate liberal arts college in Tacoma, Washington, seeks to recruit a tenure-line Assistant Professor. Excellence in teaching is highly valued …
So the University of Oregon apparently may hire as many as 30 faculty in variety of disciplines, many potentially related to MoBE and Indoor Chemistry. From the job announcement: Position Announcement The Knight Campus at the University of Oregon invites applications for one or more tenure-track faculty positions with a significant track record of research …