This week we reported on possible chaotic signatures on host-microbe systems. The result is preliminary but it is not surprising that the outcome of host-microbe interactions would be exquisitively sensitive to initial conditions...hence chaotic dynamics. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38197647/

A grant reviewer hurt me today.

🆕 Our bioRxiv Microbiology preprint on human gut virome is out! Moreno Zolfo & team reported a novel approach leveraging Virome enrichment to catalog new viral members of the human gut microbiome.  biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 1/4

Where is humanity?

"The Bus Revolution plan is a step forward from the lazy status quo we’ve been living with for too long," writes Brendan J. Kelly. "Unfortunately, we’re stuck waiting for the Council members who just started to pay attention." trib.al/Ey0uddM

New study. We compared the immune response of XBB and JN.1 in human infections to evaluate the necessity for #SARSCOV2 vaccine updates Results: JN.1 exposure induces higher neutralization against emerging mutants, including FLiRT (JN.1+346T+456L) and KP.3 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Very pleased to announce that the {mvgam} #rstats 📦, which fits State-Space dynamic GAMs to time series, has been released to CRAN. Here is a short blog post to describe current features and future plans: ecogambler.netlify.app/blog/mvgam-on-…

Presenting Model Explorer, a novel graph visualization tool that streamlines the deployment of large models to on-device platforms, such as mobile phones and browsers, where visualizing conversion, quantization, and optimization data is especially useful. goo.gle/3WBLzpT

From drones to DNA, ecologists today use tools that would be unrecognizable to scientists 100 yrs ago—and the same is true of their statistics! Announcing "100 Years of Statistical Ecology," a Collection of landmark Ecology papers Read the release: esa.org/blog/2024/05/1…

Upside down Phillies flag means that the homeowners refuse to accept the results of the 2022 World Series

CDC can quickly investigate & respond to many disease threats with the help of advanced molecular detection (#AMD) technologies that can identify the DNA or RNA of a disease-causing germ. Find out how CDC Advanced Molecular Detection is used for #PublicHealth: bit.ly/AMDWhatWeDo

Unassigning bacterial species for microbiome studies journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.11…

Important point by Marc Lipsitch at #PandemicSciences24: the success of the 100 days mission for vaccine development during a pandemic depends on success of non-pharmaceutical interventions before vaccines become available.

Interested in doing a high-impact postdoctoral fellowship at UPenn? The Hogan Lab (hoganlab.org) is recruiting a postdoc to study mRNA vaccines for HIV and non-classical T cells restricted to MHC-E. Email CV+cover letter to [email protected]. Please share!

I am EXTREMELY proud to announce the 2024 UCSP Symposium this Friday July 26th. In addition to the 2024 UCSP class presenting their work, we will have alumni presenting work they have continued to do since the program. These students are changing the world!

We're hiring for multiple positions in all areas of microbiology! Apply to be colleagues in the fantastic Penn State BMB department in Penn State Eberly College of Science! It's a fantastic place to work with lots of great core facilities through Huck Institutes. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic/j…

【Absence of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pleocytosis in Encephalitis】Clinical Infectious Diseases Aug 3 2024 Congrats to @UT_Infectious Dr. Hasbun’s team and Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine! Absence of CSF pleocytosis: 👉24% of HSV-1 👉Acyclovir should not be delayed! doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci… #IDMedEd #NeuroID

📢We are pumped to announce the speakers for this Fall's One Health Microbiome Center Seminar Series! Beginning on August 30th, join us every Friday at 11 AM EST to hear inspiring microbiome-focused talks across diverse subject areas. 🦠🔬⚕️🍄🧪🧫 Huck Institutes Penn State Research

Wow. Disseminated MAC - something we’d think of in advanced HIV, but here w/ BsAb. Labs showed CD4 <50 even 1+ yr after stopping BsAb! illustrates T cell depletion + long term infxn risk w/ prolonged BsAb. Lot to ponder here as we see expanded use of BsAb Nausheen Ahmed MD

Thrilled to be part of the launch of the Center for Microbial Medicine CHOP Research! Excited to work alongside Joe Zackular, Paul Planet and Bob Baldassano to bring microbiome-based medicine to patients and advance pediatric health. Looking forward to the amazing work ahead!