New BioTechniques post from me and Jack A Gilbert (he/him/his) highlighting what we've learned after refocusing our lab for SARS-CoV-2 research. Covers research findings, benefits to lab processes, and some of the important and promising work it has contributed to in the larger community 🤝

After many months of overhearing Yoshiki Vázquez B. and Anupriya Tripathi nerd out about building Qemistree on zoom calls, it's so great to see this out!

Paid opportunity for bachelor's, masters, or PhD students from May-Aug 2021 at San Diego's only national park, working with me and @PandoriEco! Looking for someone with data science skills (there is some fieldwork, as a treat) #LatinxInSTEM latinoheritageintern.org/job/wildlife-b…

In their latest opinion piece, Jack A Gilbert (he/him/his) and Sarah Allard explain how they refocused their #microbiome lab for #SARSCoV2 research and what the outcomes were.

Our take on Overcoming sex bias in clinically relevant microbiome research biotechniques.com/opinion/overco… BioTechniques Sarah Allard Beatriz Penalver

#Indigenous researchers are woefully underrepresented in #STEM fields; yet scientists increasingly seek indigenous knowledge. Many thanks to Dr Tara McAllister (she/her/ia) Bradley Moggridge (PhD) Dr. Otakuye Conroy-Ben & Deborah McGregor for sharing their experiences in this @nature piece. nature.com/articles/d4158…

BiomeSense, is looking to hire a lead scientist to join the leadership team to help establish and manage a human microbiome research laboratory. Hands-on experience in microbiome research and a Ph.D. required. Contact BiomeSense CEO, Kevin Honaker, at [email protected].

Here's a great article by zeynep tufekci and Jeremy Howard about improving our masks. Last year, it was important to get as many people to wear masks as possible; something was better than nothing. Now, it's time to improve our masks because of B.1.1.7, etc. theatlantic.com/health/archive…

So grateful and excited to have just gotten my second vaccine dose. Thanks ⁦UC San Diego Health⁩!

So excited that this paper is out! Such a great experience working with Lisa Marotz and Pedro Belda-Ferre and so many great co-authors on this. Check out this thread for main findings

Come one, come all! 📢 Register for the 2nd annual virtual ISB microbiome data analysis course & research symposium! Registration is free: isbscience.org/microbiome2021/ You'll hear from amazing researchers & learn how to wrangle microbiome data. Please share with your networks!

Super excited for the first fall MCC seminar today. Great lineup of early career researchers presenting on wide variety of microbiome-related topics. Check it out!

Join us and National Microbiome Data Collaborative this Thurs for the last #MCCSeminar of 2021! This special seminar will feature flash talks and a panel discussion with #NMDCAmbassadors! bit.ly/MCCSeminarDec

Excited to share our new research examining how water and oyster microbiomes are linked to potential human pathogen accumulation in Pacific oysters! Jack A Gilbert (he/him/his) Sarah Allard Amy Zimmer-Faust Sho Kodera Emily Andrew E. Allen Scripps Institution of Oceanography biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We looked at Chicago River Microbiome for 7 years during which the city decontaminate their waste water overflow system, and you can see local impacts of this on the microbial pollution in the river link.springer.com/article/10.118… Anukriti Sharma Sarah Allard Holly L. Lutz Melissa Dsouza

Gilbert lab crew delighted after an awesome tour of the Sally Ride!

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