Report on 2020 Spacecraft-Associated Genome Analysis (SAGAn) workshop at NASA JPL

Posted on February 18, 2020February 18, 2020

So this last week, we ran a workshop on bacterial genomics at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Who is “we”? An amazing collaboration across several institutions. The whole thing was initiated by Dr. Parag Vaishampayan (NASA-JPL), who contacted myself (UC Davis), Dr. Elinne Becket (Cal State San Marcos), and Dr. Kenisha Johnson (Alabama A&M) about …

Cool Citizen Microbiology Project in Spain With Great Engagement

By David Coil Posted in Citizen Science Knowledge, Teaching, and Communication

Posted on March 13, 2016February 16, 2017

Here at microBEnet we are big fans of citizen science… focusing not surprisingly on citizen microbiology projects. We’ve hosted several workshops and conference sessions on the topic as well as running a couple of projects ourselves. Personally I think engaging people through the process of actually doing science is incredibly valuable and I hope the …