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Dr. Director & Duflo: Dogs Dropping Doody Do Digestive DNA Data Duty 

By Jonathan Eisen   Posted in .Featured Animals and the Built Environment News
Posted on April 7, 2017April 9, 2017

OK I could not help it with the alliteration, since I just had to top the headline in the NY Times. Source: Dogs Do Their Duty for Science – The New York Times The article is about the work of Jane Carlton (full disclosure – I used to work with her at TIGR) and their …

Termite mounds and cats

By Holly Ganz   Posted in Animals and the Built Environment
Posted on November 2, 2015September 11, 2017

Last year I posted here about how amazing termite mounds are and how they often tilt towards the equator. Termites make them from saliva, poop and soil, and use them to regulate temperature and humidity and farm fungus. In addition to what must be some fascinating microbiology, we could learn a lot about how to design …

Seeking samples from FIV positive kitties

By Holly Ganz   Posted in Animals and the Built Environment
Posted on August 12, 2015September 11, 2017

Some of you may know that we ran a Kitty Kickstarter back in May to start a participatory research project inspired by the American Gut Project only for cats. When you sign up, kittybiome will sequence the gut microbiome of your cat and provide you with the results, so you can see how your cat compares with …

Should you worry about whether your cat is making you crazy?

By Holly Ganz   Posted in Animals and the Built Environment News
Posted on June 15, 2015September 11, 2017

Here is a guest post by UC Berkeley junior Alex Martin who is working with us on a study of the Berkeley Animal Shelter It’s no secret that animals — including humans — serve as a nutrient-rich reservoir for microorganisms. And while the grooming habits of felines may have earned them a reputation as refreshingly …

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