@DrMicrob
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Congratulations to BohannanLab alum Felipe Campos-Cerda on his post-doc fellowship!
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Impact of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest on soil microbes (from our collaboration with Brazilian scientists) authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…
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I will be spending AY21-22 on sabbatical at the new Swiss environmental synthesis center at EAWAG eawag.ch/en
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Check out Jarrett Lebov’s recent paper in which he evolves an environmental bacterium to become “host-associated” mbio.asm.org/content/11/4/e0…
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The University of Oregon is looking for a new faculty member specializing in Microbial Ecology: careers.uoregon.edu/cw/en-us…
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Bohannan Lab member @felipe_campos just launched his fundraiser for bird nest microbiome research: experiment.com/projects/swab…

Swabbing the nest: analyzing the microbiome of tropical birds!

Bird nests are the first environment where a baby bird will hatch and grow, making it a super important place. However, birds don't grow in there alone. Millions of microbes are also sharing the nest...

experiment.com
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Please RT - and pass on to talented students: Graduate opportunities in E&E U Oregon. goo.gl/NhPBeF
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We all have our own personal #microbial clouds. Fascinating research by #UOExperts @JessicaLeeGreen @DrMicrob ow.ly/SzMEx @NPR
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I'm looking for a postdoc to apply ecoevo theory to microbes in hosts. See jobs.uoregon.edu/unclassifie… for more info.
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#uometa2014 Compareads software mentioned by Miller has been replaced with Commet colibread.inria.fr/software/… Anyone used this yet?
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What's the most useful metaphor for manipulating m'biomes: "restoration ecology" or "organ transplantation "? #uometa2014
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Need a new word for host-associated microbes that are maintained by dispersal; "transient" suggests unimportance, yet they can be abundant
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Ned Wingreen's paper on 16S analysis without clustering published last month by ISMEJ nature.com/ismej/journal/vao… #uometa2014
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#uometa2014 can't stop thinking about David Schneider's fascinating talk this AM... see isdbweb.org/documents/file/4… for more
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Elite colleges are great for networking but do they provide the best education? newrepublic.com/article/1187…

Don’t Send Your Kid to the Ivy League

The nation's top colleges are turning our kids into zombies.

newrepublic.com
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Should NIH fund people or projects? Jocelyn Kaiser reports: sciencemag.org/content/345/6…
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Our paper on the microbiology of cassava beer fermentation now available: peerj.com/articles/479/

Local domestication of lactic acid bacteria via cassava beer fermentation

Cassava beer, or chicha, is typically consumed daily by the indigenous Shuar people of the Ecuadorian Amazon. This traditional beverage made from cassava tuber (Manihot esculenta) is thought to...

peerj.com
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My Kardashian Index is 0.28, suggesting that I am undervalued as a scientist in the twittersphere. Inspiration to tweet more than yearly...
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check out Neil Hall's article on the Kardashian Index for Scientists. Very funny and thought provoking. genomebiology.com/2014/15/7/…
Checkout new sex education app from UO: SexPositive healthcenter.uoregon.edu/Hom… Features video content from BB on the human microbiome and sex
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