Overselling the microbiome award: Marie Claire for its "article" on Mother Dirt
Wow. And not in a good way. Marie Claire has bough in to the Mother Dirt sales pitch wholesale. Here are some quotes form an article by Roxanne Adamiyatt published today in Marie Claire (see Probiotic Mist - Cleansing Body Mist)"Like Febreze for your body, Mother Dirt's AO + Mist is a live probiotic spray that restores essential bacteria to our microbiomes. How? In short, the ammonia-oxidizing bacteria works to consume sweat on your body and turn it into a beneficial byproduct your skin can use."Ugh. No that is just not true. This is what the people from Mother Dirt may claim. But I have ...
Source: The Tree of Life - May 1, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
My one day campaign for US Senate running against my brother @senatorphd
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Source: The Tree of Life - April 2, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
My non supportive response to "All Biology is Computational Biology"
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Source: The Tree of Life - March 15, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
Round up of responses to my sign captioning request
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Source: The Tree of Life - March 12, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
Kissing between humans and Neanderthals? Could be oral - anal contact too. Or neither.
Umm - I really do not know what to say here. There is a new incredibly exciting paper out on Neanderthal oral microbiomes.I saw some news stories about a new study on Neanderthal oral microbiomes. And one thing caught my eye - a claim about how the data provided evidence that Neanderthal's and humans were kissing each other.See for example the LA Times: Vegetarian Neanderthals? Extinct human relatives hid a mouthful of surprises - LA TimesThe scientists also managed to sequence the oldest microbial genome yet — a bug called Methanobrevibacter oralis that has been linked to gum disease. By looking at the nu...
Source: The Tree of Life - March 8, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
Blast form the past - videos from 2002 research cruise at the Galapagos Rift
OK it is only 15 years after the fact but am posting some videos from the 2002 Galapagos Rift Expedition I went on May 24 - June 4, 2002. It was the cruise honoring the 25th Anniversary of the discovery of deep sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems.For more information see the web site from Dive and DiscoverMission& ObjectivesDaily UpdatesMail BuoyScientists& CrewInterviewsHot TopicsSlideshowsVideosHere is aplaylistwith all my videos, some from the cruise and some from the Galapagos Islands where the cruise started / stopped. I have not edited any of the videos - just digitized everything from the tapes a...
Source: The Tree of Life - February 28, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
These are actual living microbiologists #actuallivingscientist
Crossposting this - which I already posted at microBEnet I have been tracking #actuallivingscientist postings on Twitter compiled those by people doing microbiology. Actual living microbiologists.[View the story "These are actual living microbiologists #actuallivingscientist #microbiology #microbes #microBEnet" on Storify]
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Source: The Tree of Life - February 7, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
Useful post: How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists
Just a quick one here. This is a useful post for anyone interested in science literacy. By Jennifer Raff: How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists
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Source: The Tree of Life - February 7, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
The #falcons may have lost, but the birders won Twitter with #Superb_Owls vs. #Superbowl
Was fun yesterday watching all the punny posts about #Superb_Owls. I really love owls. I posted some too and also made a Storify of some of the posts of the day. Here are mine:[View the story "My #Superb_Owl Posts Not #Superbowl " on Storify] Here is the full Storify[View the story "The best of #Superbowl vs. #Superb_Owl Sunday " on Storify]
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Source: The Tree of Life - February 5, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
What to do with old Knome exome data ...
A little discussion from Twitter More coming but thought I would post this[View the story "Old Knome Exome Data - what to do with it?" on Storify]
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Source: The Tree of Life - December 31, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
Real time blood glucose levels on Apple Watch
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Source: The Tree of Life - December 31, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
A gloomy day at the #UCDavis Genome Center Halloween Symposium - a model for a #manel #yammm
Discussion of speaker diversity triggered by a #manel (Storify)Speaker gender balance at Society for the Neurobiology of Language conferences 2009 –2015Countering gender bias at conferences Carrie Arnold in ScienceTen Simple Rules to Achieve Conference Speaker Gender Balance by Jenny Martin How to Add More Women Speakers to Your Meetings by Michelle Russell in PCMA ConveneWelcoming Women at STEM Conferences – and Beyond - the StoryExchange To Get More Female Conference Speakers - GenomeWebFemale Scientists Turn to Data to Fight Lack of Representation on Panels NY TimesHow li...
Source: The Tree of Life - October 27, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
Thanks to all for "Suggestions for 11 year old daughter who wants to learn to code"
I am so thankful to the whole community out there who gave answers to my request for suggestions for my 11 year old daughter who wants to learn to code.[View the story "Suggestions for 11 year old daughter who wants to learn to code" on Storify]Today we were both home sick and when she said she was bored she then asked if we could try some of the examples people suggested. And we ended up playing around with Python at Codeacademy and she spent hours on it. So much fun. See below:Daughter& I both home sick - she is bored - so we reviewed thishttps://t.co/T0F15Bv8MH& today she is learning Python via@Codecad...
Source: The Tree of Life - October 16, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
No - #FFS - no - I will not speak at your meeting given the lack of diversity of speakers
So a few days ago I got asked to do a paid speaking engagement for a meetingDear Dr. Eisen,I hope this email finds you well!We have a client that's interested in you speaking at their Autoimmune Conference in New York on March 24, 2017. Do you have a standard speaking fee/range that I can report back to my client? If you're able to confirm your availability as well, that would be great!The audience would be primarily physicians. Your consideration is very much appreciated!Sincerely,Sounded nice - getting paid to go to New York. What could go wrong right?. Then I did some Googling to find out about...
Source: The Tree of Life - October 16, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
Matt Hahn @3rdreviewer talk at #UCDavis - pen and paper notes
Matt Hahn was at UC Davis giving a talk yesterday.Yes@3rdreviewer has arrived at#UCDavis#holobiont#epigenetics#aquariuspic.twitter.com/yirR4rWdio— Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics)October 6, 2016 I did not have my laptop available so took notes with - gasp - a pen and paper. I thought it was quite a nice talk so am posting my notes here. More about Matt and his work can be found here: http://www.indiana.edu/~hahnlab/.
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Source: The Tree of Life - October 6, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
