Effects of amino acid supplements on metabolic health, a discussion of the broader risks and benefits of microbiome research, a book chapter evaluating microbiome statistical analysis tools.
Events and jobs
Assistant Professor in Microbiology, Tenure Track – Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia
General microbiome
Communicating the promise, risks, and ethics of large-scale, open space microbiome and metagenome research – Daria Shamarina – Microbiome
Pregnancy and early life
Review: Early microbiota, antibiotics and health – Alicja M Nogacka – Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
Human gut microbiome
Amino acid supplements and metabolic health: a potential interplay between intestinal microbiota and systems control – Francesco Bifari – Genes & Nutrition
Microbial dysbiosis in spouses of ulcerative colitis patients: Any clues to disease pathogenesis? – Dario Sorrentino – World Journal of Gastroenterology
Phages and viruses
Pre-print: Nasty Prophages and the Dynamics of Antibiotic-Tolerant Persister Cells – Alexander Harms – bioRxiv
Bioinformatics
Book Chapter: Processing and Analyzing Human Microbiome Data – Xuan Zhu – Statistical Human Genetics
Interpretation of microbiota-based diagnostics by explaining individual classifier decisions – A Eck – BMC Bioinformatics
Techniques
Pre-print: Umbilical cord blood diagnostics for early onset sepsis in premature infants: detection of bacterial DNA and systemic inflammatory response – Leena B Mithal – bioRxiv
Pre-print: Accuracy of microbial community diversity estimated by closed- and open-reference OTUs – Robert C Edgar – PeerJ
Microbes in the news
Bacteria with synthetic gene circuit self-assemble to build working device with gold nanoparticles – Phys Org
New test identifies antibiotic-resistant bacteria in 30 minutes – The Statesman
Microbes on the market
Summit Highlights Microbiome Preservation During Ridinilazole Treatment in Exploratory Phase 2 Clinical Trial at ID Week 2017 – Globe Newswire
