Had a great time presenting my research on using next generation sequencing for environmental AMR surveillance at #uncwaterandhealth !!

Looking for a #PhD🎓in water💧? Here are 227 options 😳 mailchi.mp/joshswaterjobs… We've never had so many in our annual “PhD list.” 96% are available to anyone worldwide. Good luck! #PhD #scholarship #PhDLife #research #water #waterjobs #WASH #WASHjobs #sanitation #hygiene #SDG6

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[1/n] I am offering a free Zoom "Intro to Python" Scientific/Academic Computing workshop on Feb 10th, 2024 after popular demand. We'll cover basics like version control, environment management, object oriented programming, + unit testing PhD Voice - Independently Run Academic Chatter™ OpenAcademics

Patricia’s the best!!

Has anyone used pathogen finder before?? I have some questions about interpreting results!

Ready to boost your skills in genomics & bioinformatics? Apply for our 2-week fellowship program covering travel, accommodation, meals, and more. Deadline: May 10, 2024. In collaboration with krisp at University of KZN & supported by GIZ SouthAfricaLesothoeSwatini Apply here: t.ly/1o7cc

*New publication in ES&T* We established correlations between FDOM and geospatial land cover and wastewater infrastructure using cross-covariance analysis in urban watersheds @blaney_lab Check it out: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

CCEE just gained 166 more alumni 🙌 Congratulations to all our graduates! We are so proud of you ❤️🤍 loom.ly/VhVRmIs

Elegant new work from Lenora Kepler. Lot's of phylodynamic studies have quantified the fitness effects of AMR but this might be the first to holistically quantify the relative contribution of dozens of AMR elements, VFs and plasmids to bacterial fitness! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

For anyone learning or teaching bioinformatics, or if you’re interested in getting started, you may like to check out some of many (>404!) detailed tutorials for the Galaxy bioinformatics platform, from microbiome analysis to chloroplast assembly, at training.galaxyproject.org/training-mater… 👇

Visited Switzerland once and can't stop thinking of moving there

H5 detected in Iowa, California, Utah, Tennessee, Maine, Delaware, Florida, New Jersey, and Texas wastewater over the past week 😯

Our Pandemic Center at Brown School of Public Health team, led by visiting fellow Temi, has been engaged in important work on wastewater surveillance for pandemic prevention. Our new brief explains how the current system works, its limitations and the impending funding shortfall. pandemics.sph.brown.edu/news/2025-01-2…

The USDA has taken down most website pages that have references to climate change. The Trump admin had ordered USDA workers to identify, archive, or unpublish materials mentioning climate change by "no later than close of business this Friday," according to leaked emails.

"When a new pathogen is announced, you can very quickly look at that previous waste-water data and say: ‘Is this present in our sample?’” Brown Epidemiology visiting fellow Temi Ibitoye, PhD on a new Northeastern U. airport wastewater model New Scientist newscientist.com/article/246798…

📣 Attention Brown University Community Monday the Presidential Faculty Award and lecture featuring Professor Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, “Pandemic-Proofing the Future” takes place at 4:30. Please RSVP if you plan to attend: eventbrite.com/e/presidential…

The economic toll of #birdflu is rising for consumers and the ag industry. A low cost “smoke alarm” exists: wastewater monitoring. An op-ed from our Pandemic Center team highlights how we could lose a helpful tool if CDC doesn’t require #H5 testing. More via STAT ⤵️

Our op-ed is out!! Take a look and let me know what you think!

Wastewater testing is one of the best early indicators for pathogens like bird flu, but only 29% of sites are testing for it. Pandemic Center at Brown School of Public Health experts, including Professor Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, tell STAT wastewater testing should be expanded, not shuttered. statnews.com/2025/03/21/h5-…