Backyard chicken coops are on the rise and in many ways that is a good thing. However, one negative with this is that some chickens can carry various microbes that can make people sick and sometimes those microbes get to people and make them sick. CNN has a new story on the topic that may …
David Mills talks about microbiology of food production built environments: dairies and wineries. This was recorded at the MoBE 2017 symposium in Washington D.C. If you’re interested, check out all of the other speakers from MoBE 2017 on our YouTube channel!
MRSA IN AGRICULTURE AND ZOMBIE EPIDEMIOLOGY WITH TARA C. SMITH – MTM 67 Definitely worth a listen. PS. Yes, the “typo” in the title is on purpose.
Just a quick post here, an interesting BE story from NPR called “The Taming Of The Brew: How Sour Beer Is Driving A Microbial Gold Rush“. I don’t even like beer but I thought this was a fascinating story.
This is a worthwhile read – from Judy Stone – on germs on kitchen sponges. “The brouhaha about germs on kitchen sponges is much ado about nothing. Put it in perspective with these tidbits.” Source: Germs On Your Kitchen Sponge? Get a Grip!
The “cheese microbiome” as a model system continues to yield useful results. Model systems for microbiome & microbial ecology studies are really important and it is great to see how this system has continued to develop. This is worth a look. The search for lively bacterial communities led Rachel Dutton, a microbiologist at UC San …
So as more and more companies start marketing cosmetic products with supposedly probiotic microbes in them (see eg., Farris Jabr’s excellent article in the NY Times from two days ago), it is important to recognize that, as the article linked below says “the cosmetic industry is largely self regulated.” Definitely worth a read. Manufacturers are not …
Another quick post here. There is a really nice article about small cheese makers and their microbiology work in the New York Times by Larissa Zimberoff. The laboratory at Jasper Hill Farm in Vermont is part of a new effort by American producers to better understand the microbial players in their craft. Source: Small Cheese …
The Food Science & Technology (FST) department has just started advertising for an Assistant Professor position in Microbial Food Safety. Please see the advertisement on the FST main page and attached. A direct link for applicants can be found here: https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/apply/JPF01224 For full consideration, applications should be received by February 15, 2017. Please distribute this …
The Department of Food Science & Technology in the Robert Mondavi Institute of Wine and Food Sciences at UC Davis has an open Assistant Professor faculty position in the area of food microbiology focused on genetics/genomics/metagenomics/ecology of foodborne pathogens. Please note that no prior experience in Food Science is required and we encourage any candidate …