Highlighting MoBE Research !! I am putting together a slide deck to highlight MoBE research at the Microbiology of the Built Environment Symposium October (10th-12th) at the National Academy of Sciences. The images will be run during breaks and prior to the beginning of the symposium each day. Please send your group’s photos, logos, …
So one of my projects for the last few months has been to try to create a collection of every peer-reviewed publication that resulted from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation program of the Microbiology of the Built Environment. The program has been running for over 10 years and has funded over 100 grants. To generate …
Michigan State University has an opportunity for Co-PI on a research project using third-generation technologies for rapid detection and accurate quantification of viral pathogens in marine mammals and their environments. APPLY HERE: http://careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job/496632/research-associatefixed-term Position Summary As Co-PI, you will lead the overall assessment of the illumina and nanopore MinION sequencing and Digital Droplet …
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Join the CSU Microbiome Network! Don’t like chasing grants to fund your salary? This hard-line position is for you! http://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/48757 Colorado State University’s College of Agriculture Sciences (CAS) seeks Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Consultant to provide (1) expertise to the CAS research community in bioinformatics experimental design and analysis, (2) state of the art collaborative bioinformatics/computational biology …
This meeting should be of interest to many out there. A great collection of speakers and topics. Keynotes by Ed Yong, Susan Lynch and Marc Edwards. Registration deadline is September 1. MoBE 2017 Microbiology of the Built Environment Research and Applications Symposium October 10 – October 12, 2017 NAS Building Washington, DC …
Registration reminder: MoBE registration closes September 1st. Join us to hear the latest in MoBE research, to discuss applications and future directions. Check out MoBE tweets: @microBEnet #MoBE #microBEnet
So this is the culmination of a huge amount of work by a large number of folks. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) just released a new report “Microbiomes of the Built Environment: A Research Agenda for Indoor Microbiology, Human Health, and Buildings”. This report was requested by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the National …
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!
Just a quick post here, on behalf of Clarisse Betancourt, formerly of the BioBE Center. The new Center for Microbial Systems at the University of Michigan is looking for a lab tech. Summary below. The Center for Microbial Systems Molecular Biology Laboratory offers high throughput automated DNA extraction and Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using the …