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Bacillus: The Dark Side vs. The Good Side
Contributed by Darwin Bandoy, DVM This particular talk by Bill Widner of Novozymes tantalized my interest as I only associate Bacillus with things a veterinarian must know to avoid, which is Bacillus anthracis, a deadly disease causing gram-positive bacteria in … Continue reading
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Assessing Contamination of Whole Genome Sequences for Microbial Isolates
Contributed by Shawn Higdon You are working tirelessly in the lab attempting to generate cultures of microbes that are pure, meaning a single organism comprising a single well-isolated colony. You finally have what appears to be an isolate of pure … Continue reading
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Largest E. Coli O157:H7 Outbreak in Romaine Lettuce in Over a Decade with No Source Identified
Contributed by Nguyet Kong FDA and CDC have reported that 98 people in 22 different states have become ill with E. coli O157: H7 after ingesting whole head romaine lettuce. No deaths have been reported, but many have been hospitalized. The … Continue reading
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Bacillus as Expression Hosts
Contributed by Darwin Bandoy, DVM This particular talk by (Bill Widner, Ph.D., Novozymes Staff Scientist) tantalized my interest as I only associate Bacillus with things a veterinarian must know to avoid, which is Bacillus anthracis, a deadly disease causing gram-positive bacteria … Continue reading
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Mucilage Microbial Isolates 2.0: future directions for the corn project
Contributed by Shawn Higdon In the summer of 2013, I joined the lab of Alan Bennett at U.C. Davis as a Junior Specialist with the Department of Plant Sciences. All I knew at that time is that I would be … Continue reading
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Insights from UC Davis Biotechnology Seminar Class MIC 292 From Discovery to Product: An Introduction to Biotechnology at the Industrial Level
Contributed by Darwin Bandoy, DVM I am completely amazed to find somebody working for the same company for more than twenty years, considering my own experience of changing employment several times within the last ten years. So Novozymes must be … Continue reading
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A Study Found the Common Bug Beat the Last Resort Antibiotic
Contributed by Nguyet Kong A recent study in the publication mBio, a group from Emory University found that some common bugs, Klebsiella pneumoniae has developed a resistance to the last resort antibiotic. This is dangerous since bacteria found a way … Continue reading
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Thoughts about Genome Distance Analysis for Pathogen Outbreak Isolates
Contributed by Carol Huang The recent work on bioinformatics analysis of pathogen strains from outbreaks made me consider the aspects that can be used for this type of analysis. When we are facing a pathogen outbreak, the first thing we … Continue reading
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Congratulations Poyin Chen, PhD
Poyin Chen (aka Po) has completed her degree in my group. She graduated and is moving on to a great post doc position to study Shigella at Harvard University. Congratulations to Po!! Her energy, lab skills, and crafting skills will … Continue reading
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Visualizing Genomic Data
Contributed by Dr. DJ Bandoy, DVM Next-generation sequencing opened the floodgates of biological information. However, the torrential amount of data that is now becoming the challenge itself from data storage to analytical tools. This gap is now more pronounced with … Continue reading
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