Post on 29-Jul-2015
Who is microBEnet?• UC Davis: Jonathan Eisen, David Coil, Mary
Jo Seminoff, Holly Bik
• Building Ecology Research Group: Hal Levin
• Other collaborators
microBEnet target audiences
• Those funded by Sloan Program
• Anyone in related fields w/ current or potential interest in microBE
• Stakeholders
microBEnet Activities
• Organize/sponsor meetings and workshops
• Web site/information hub
• Creating and curating resources
• Social media activities
• Research (shhh, don’t tell Paula)
Meetings• Indoor Air 2011
• Citizen Microbiology 2011
• AAAS 2012
• Healthy Buildings 2012
• Lake Arrowhead 2012
• GSC13 2012
• ASM 2013
Meetings
• IDEAS WANTED
Website
Resources
Simple guides
Mendeley Collection
Tutorial Videos
Social Media
• Blog
• Mendeley
• Slideshare
• etc.
microBEnetBlog
Centralize Information
• Pull in blog posts and news from other sources
• Updates to social media
• New papers
• Twitter hashtag (#microbenet)
Monthly Newsletter
• Summary of blog posts
• “Resource of the Month”
• “People Behind the Science” video series… “Project of the Month”
• Recent and upcoming meetings
And Research?
• Undergraduate research projects in the built environment
• A form of outreach (blogging, etc)
• Develop teaching materials related to the microbiology of the built environment
• Keep our lab in the loop
• A touch of useful data
Reference Genomes
• 7 students
• Cultured organisms isolated from a variety of built environments
• Identify, sequence, assemble, annotate, publish a genome each
Aquarium Biogeography
• 5 students
• 16S surveys and metagenomics in aquariums
• Looking at biogeography and succession
Future
• More interaction with Sloan Labs
• Love to host any resources you have that could be helpful
• Guest blog posts!
• More targeted workshops to develop interactions
Thanks!
• David Coil
• coil.david@gmail.com
• microBEnet
• themicrobenet@gmail.com
• www.microbe.net