A Mostly Male Microbiome meeting, host genetics and microbiota in IBD, dysbiosis in dogs and humans, airport door handles, and surfing the world for microbes. I’m back!
Events
I wish I could recommend this, but it has only 2 of the 27 invited speakers are women. This is so sad. See Jonathan Eisen’s blog post about this. Second Annual Human Microbiome Congress in San Diego / North American Microbiome Congress – 24/25 January 2017 – San Diego.
Human gut microbiome
Interplay of host genetics and gut microbiota underlying the onset and clinical presentation of inflammatory bowel disease – Floris Imhann – Gut
Effect of dietary interventions on the intestinal microbiota of Mongolian hosts – Jing Li – Science Bulletin
Animal models
Dog and human inflammatory bowel disease rely on overlapping yet distinct dysbiosis networks – Yoshiki Vázquez-Baeza – Nature Microbiology
Acute Infectious Gastroenteritis Potentiates a Crohn’s Disease Pathobiont to Fuel Ongoing Inflammation in the Post-Infectious Period – Cherrie L. Small – PLOS Pathogens
Press: Diarrhea-Causing Bacteria Promote Growth of Crohn’s-Linked Microbe in Mice – ET Healthworld
Neonatal androgen exposure causes persistent gut microbiota dysbiosis related to metabolic disease in adult female rats – Isabel Moreno-Indias – Endocrinology
Exposure to the Functional Bacterial Amyloid Protein Curli Enhances Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation in Aged Fischer 344 Rats and Caenorhabditis elegans – Shu G. Chen – Scientific Reports
Press: Gut microbiota may have role in neurodegenerative diseases: study – CTV News
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Review: Too much or not enough: Reflection on two contrasting perspectives on soil biodiversity – Philippe C. Baveye – Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Built environment microbiology
Airport door handles and the global spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria: a cross sectional study – Frieder Schaumburg – Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Press: Are Airport Bathrooms Spreading Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Globally? – Alex Berezow – American Council on Science and Health
Food microbiology
Extensive Horizontal Gene Transfer in Cheese-Associated Bacteria – Kevin S. Bonham – bioRxiv
Does fingerprinting truly represent the diversity of wine yeasts? A case study with interdelta genotyping of S. cerevisiae strains – Walter P. Pfliegler – Letters in Applied Microbiology
Microbes in the news
This Surfer/PhD Student Is Scraping Bacteria off Surfers Around the World for Science – Dylan Heyden – The Inertia
Surfing the world for microbes – Erika Johnson, UC San Diego – University of California
Weethinking the role of bacteria in incontinence. Researchers look at the role of bacteria in incontinence – EurekAlert
The Unseen Cloud Makers From The Ocean – Jennifer – The Microbial Menagerie
Marine bacteria are the climate’s wild card – ScienceNordic
Researchers Hunt for a Link Between Microbiome and Autism – KQED
The natural wonder that holds the key to the origins of life – and warns of its destruction – Michael Slezak – The Guardian
Did his artificial hips put him at risk of infection when he saw the dentist? – David Lindley – Washington Post
Millions of craft paint units recalled over bacteria concerns – Morgan Maria Pawl – KDVR
Science, publishing, and career
Scientific Misconduct: The Elephant in the Lab. A Response to Parker et al. – Timothy D. Clark – Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Bik’s non-microbiology Picks
As DNA reveals its secrets, scientists are assembling a new picture of humanity – Carl Zimmer