We have recently been awarded a new research program by the Alfred P Sloan Foundation to further develop out understanding of how bacterial, archaeal, viral and fungal communities interact on indoor surfaces. This research will be led by Jack Gilbert (University of Chicago), in collaboration with Chris Henry (UChicago), Brent Stephens (Illinois Institute of Technology), …
Next in our “People Behind the Science” video series we have an interview with Scott Kelley from San Diego State. Here he’s talking about his Sloan-funded work on viruses in the built environment… an understudied and under-appreciated topic for sure. Transcript:
Just a quick post here. There is a detailed blog post of interest from Caitlin Knight of Anthrophysis discussing a recent PLoS One paper on bacteria in office spaces: Unseen Coworkers: Office Space Bacteria. We have written about this paper a bit here before: The hidden diversity of offices — what microbes are lurking there? …