New paper from Eisen Lab – on ” The Genome Encyclopedia of Spacecraft Associated Microbes (GESAM)” project 
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by Jonathan Eisen
1y ago
New data report paper out from my lab and others. Basically this is a report of genome sequences and some other measures such as MLADI-TOF) of bacteria isolated by NASA from some of their spacecraft (before they were sent to space). See “Draft Genome Sequences of Spacecraft-Associated Microbes Isolated from Six NASA Missions” https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mra.01011-22. Tran ..read more
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New paper from Eisen lab and others … on challenges with relic RNA in SARS-CoV-2 environmental surveys
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by Jonathan Eisen
2y ago
New paper out from my lab and other labs. Zuniga-Montanez R, Coil DA, Eisen JA, Pechacek R, Guerrero RG, Kim M, Shapiro K, Bischel HN. The challenge of SARS-CoV-2 environmental monitoring in schools using floors and portable HEPA filtration units: Fresh or relic RNA? PLoS One. 2022 Apr 22;17(4):e0267212. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267212. PMID: 35452479; PMCID: PMC9032406 ..read more
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New preprint out from my lab and others about environmental monitoring for SARS-CoV-2 in schools and in part about how difficult this is
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by Jonathan Eisen
2y ago
New preprint out on from the Eisen Lab and others. This is from a collaboration between David Coil, Heather Bischel, Karen Shapiro,  Randi Pechacek, Roque G. Guerrero, Minji Kim, and Rogelio Zuniga-Montanez (first author) at University of California, Davis.   It is about environmental monitoring for SARS-CoV-2 in schools and, well, in part about how difficult this is. See https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.12.21266178v1 The challenge of SARS-CoV-2 environmental ..read more
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Article about Dr. Connie Rojas getting UC Davis Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow Award
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by Jonathan Eisen
2y ago
See Researcher Studying the Microbiome and Chemical Communication of Cats Named a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow for an article by Greg Watry about Dr. Connie Rojas who is a post-doc in my lab. Dr. Rojas got a UC Davis Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow Award to come to UC Davis to work on cats and the role of ..read more
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The tale of the blue soy products – from contaminated soy milk to a new publication
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by Jonathan Eisen
2y ago
A new paper is out from my lab. This one is a remarkable story of work by PhD Student Marina E. De León (https://phylogenomics.me/people/marina-de-leon/). It started with her pouring out some soy milk from her fridge that was blue. See her Tweet about this here: https://twitter.com/MicrobialFuture/status/1220399781165461504?s=20https://twitter.com/MicrobialFuture/status/1220399781165461504?s=20 There’s something about #soy that blue/violet pigmented #bacteria love ..read more
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Post-Doc Position available in Ecology of Emerging Infectious Disease
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by Jonathan Eisen
2y ago
Post-Doc Position available in Ecology of Emerging Infectious Disease The Epicenter for Disease Dynamics at the One Health Institute in the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis is seeking a post-doctoral researcher interested in the impacts of environmental change on the epidemiology, ecology and evolution of zoonotic diseases. Activities will focus on a new ..read more
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The Benefits (and Occasional Drawbacks) of Integrating Evolutionary and Genomic Studies (talk video and slides)
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by Jonathan Eisen
2y ago
Posted video of a recording I made of a talk for BIATA2021 meeting. Phylogenomic Case Studies: The Benefits (and Occasional Drawbacks) of Integrating Evolutionary and Genomic Studies Slides here ..read more
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New paper from the Eisen lab (with many others) on Global biogeography of chemosynthetic symbionts
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by Jonathan Eisen
2y ago
Paper: Global biogeography of chemosynthetic symbionts reveals both localized and globally distributed symbiont groupsPNAS PR from MPG here: Symbionts without borders – Bacterial partners travel the world Authors: Co-First Authors: Jay T. Osvatic and Laetitia G. E. Wilkins Co-Last Authors: Jillian M. Petersen and Benedict Yuen Other authors: Lukas Leibrecht, Matthieu Leray, Sarah Zauner, Julia Polzin ..read more
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News Stories about air filter testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Davis, CA schools
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by Jonathan Eisen
3y ago
David Coil has been coordinating a project to do air filter testing for Sars-CoV-2 in Davis, CA schools in collaboration with Heather Bischel, Karen Shapiro, Roque G Guerrero, Randi Pechacek, and others. This has been supported by the Healthy Davis Together project. Recently there have been a few news stories about this work and I ..read more
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New collaborative paper out: Air versus Water Chilling of Chicken: a Pilot Study of Quality, Shelf-Life, Microbial Ecology, and Economics 
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by Jonathan Eisen
3y ago
A new paper is out from the lab from a large collaboration between UC Davis and Colorado State University. See: Air versus Water Chilling of Chicken: a Pilot Study of Quality, Shelf-Life, Microbial Ecology, and Economics | mSystems This was supported by a grant from the UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and Health.   ..read more
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