Nature – Pathogens
- Real life experience on the use of Remdesivir in patients admitted to COVID-19 in two referral Italian hospital: a propensity score matched analysis April 23, 2024
- Dual action effects of ethyl-p-methoxycinnamate against dengue virus infection and inflammation via NF-κB pathway suppression April 23, 2024
- Bacterial diversity dominates variable macrophage responses of tuberculosis patients in Tanzania April 23, 2024
- FGF7 enhances the expression of ACE2 in human islet organoids aggravating SARS-CoV-2 infection April 23, 2024
- SARS and synapses April 23, 2024
Nature – AMR
- Biodiversity of carbapenem-resistant bacteria in clinical samples from the Southwest Amazon region (Rondônia/Brazil) April 23, 2024
- Detection and genomic characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli harboring tet(X4) in black kites (Milvus migrans) in Pakistan April 20, 2024
- A role for the stringent response in ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa April 13, 2024
- A folate inhibitor exploits metabolic differences in Pseudomonas aeruginosa for narrow-spectrum targeting April 9, 2024
- Author Correction: The plasmidome associated with Gram-negative bloodstream infections: a large-scale observational study using complete plasmid assemblies April 9, 2024
Outbreaks
- Measles global outbreak continues to spread April 16, 2024
- Dad goes Viral on TikTok: Daughter has Pinworms April 16, 2024
CDC
- COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage, and Rates of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization Among Residents in Nursing Homes — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, October 2023–February 2024 April 18, 2024
- Durability of Original Monovalent mRNA Vaccine Effectiveness Against COVID-19 Omicron–Associated Hospitalization in Children and Adolescents — United States, 2021–2023 April 18, 2024
Food Safety News
- The additive ban is halfway home in Illinois April 24, 2024
- EFSA shares 2022 data on pesticide residues in food April 24, 2024
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Creating Prokaryotic Taxonomies with Whole Genomes
Contributed by Cory Schlesener, B.S. Historically it has been difficult to categorize prokaryotes into taxonomic units. Advances made have utilized DNA sequence identity to profile organisms at a higher resolution. Older technologies based on genomic DNA hybridization, or sequence comparison … Continue reading
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Year Four
Contributed by DJ Darwin Bandoy, PhD Candidate I am now in my year four of my PhD studies in Integrative Pathobiology in UC Davis, still in the middle of the COVID-19 Pandemic. I presented in the lab meeting yesterday the … Continue reading
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New Quality Control Program Optimized for Long Read Nucleotide Sequencing
Contributed by Cory Schlesener, B.S. DNA sequencing, in a high throughput process, generates errors in the reads, such as low confidence nucleotide based calling. Quality control is needed to evaluate the quality of the sequencing output and identify undesired features. … Continue reading
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Gut Microbiota and Unhealthy Aging
Contributed by Carol Huang, Sr. Research Specialist @BartWeimersLab The equilibrium of gut microbiota is fundamental to our health. The gut microbiota composition established at birth which changes with aging, diet, … Continue reading
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Where is the metadata?
Contributed by DJ Darwin Bandoy, PhD Candidate One distinguishing feature of this pandemic is the rapid release of whole genome sequencing data. These sequences are usually uploaded in public databases with minimal accompanying metadata. While dates and geographic origin are … Continue reading
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Quantify Structural Similarity Comparisons of Genome Assemblies
Contributed by Cory Schlesener, B.S. One important component of a genome’s overall composition is the larger structure of how conserved blocks of genetic sequence are arranged. As segments of DNA recombine, sequences are introduced into new locations and/or orientations in a … Continue reading
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More on the Equine Microbiome
Contributed by Ashleigh Flores, M.S. Within the GI Tract, horses can host up to 1015 bacterial cells, with the highest population residing within the caecum. Recent studies have revealed that distinct individual ecosystems for each compartment of the equine gut … Continue reading
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Pandemic Status as of July 12, 2020
Contributed by DJ Darwin Bandoy, Ph.D. Candidate California is in full lockdown again after a surge in cases. This is a consequence of opening too early when the cases are not fully suppressed. This requires people to wear masks, practice … Continue reading
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Professor Bart C. Weimer, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis Director, 100K Pathogen Genome Project Publication Summary: 22 book chapters 4 books 159 manuscripts 6 patents awarded 13 invention disclosures 540 presentations Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Orcid, ReseacherID (Publons) UCDavis Microbiome Special Research Program Leadership … Continue reading
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Horses and “Pigeon Fever”
Contributed by Ashleigh Flores, M.S. Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis biovar equi is responsible for the highly contagious disease in horses commonly known as “Pigeon Fever”. Although flies act as the primary vector, soil serves as a reservoir for this robust microorganism. Research … Continue reading
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