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New Breath Analysis method to detect metabolites

Enhanced non-invasive respiratory sampling from bottlenose dolphins for breath metabolomics measurements Konstantin O Zamuruyev1, Alexander A Aksenov1, Mark Baird2, Alberto Pasamontes1, Celeste Parry2, Soraya Foutouhi3, Stephanie Venn-Watson2, Bart C Weimer3, Jean-Pierre Delplanque1 and Cristina E Davis1,4,5 Published 30 September 2016 • © 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd  Journal of Breath Research, Volume 10, Number 4 … Continue reading

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congratulations alli weis on her paper published in genome announcements!

Draft Genome Sequences of Campylobacter jejuni Strains That Cause Abortion in Livestock Allison M. Weis,a,b Kristin A. Clothier,c Bihua C. Huang,a,b Nguyet Kong,a,b Bart C. Weimera,b School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis, Davis, California, USAa; 100K Pathogen Genome Project, UC … Continue reading

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Being thankful!

Contributed by Robin Jones It’s that time of year again, a time that starts with Thanksgiving and usually ends up after the new year.  We sit, we ponder, we find the things we are thankful for.  We share those thoughts … Continue reading

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When fiber starved, friendly gut microbes go bad

Contributed by Azarene Foutouhi A recent study conducted at the University of Michigan has shown that a low fiber diet results in a higher incidence of infections of the gut due to increased access to the cell wall by pathogenic … Continue reading

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Zombie virus?

Contributed by Ning Chin A must-do during Halloween is watching horror movies. I recently watched the Korean zombie movie “Train to Busan” and liked it a lot. In the movie, once you’re bitten by a zombie, you’re turned into a … Continue reading

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The genetic difference of predatory bacteria

Contributed by Poyin Chen In the spirit of Halloween, the blog post today will be on the genetic difference of predatory bacteria. Vampirococcus is a predatory bacteria found in lakes in Spain and feeds on Chromatium, a purple sulfur bacteria. … Continue reading

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Recognizing World Polio Day

Contributed by Narine Arabyan October 24th is recognized as World Polio Day. Poliomyelitis (polio) is highly infectious virus that affects young children. This virus is spread from person to person through the faecal-oral route or through contaminated water or food. … Continue reading

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Cholera in Haiti

Contributed by Alli Weis Back in 2010 there was a devastating earthquake in Haiti. In response, to help Haiti with the struggles, a team of UN Nepalese peacekeepers arrived. The peacekeepers set up camp in the rural Center Department of … Continue reading

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Single-Cell Sequencing and The Illumina / Bio-Rad Single Cell Sequencing Solution

Contributed by Carol Huang In mid-September, I attended Illumina user group meeting. The topic of single cell sequencing caught my attention for my recent experience on single cell RNA sequencing for a collaborator. Next generation sequencing has provided high accuracy … Continue reading

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Exceptional employees: hard to find and easy ignore

  Contributed by Bart Weimer, PhD Since I have 4 students that are graduating and leaving the lab for their next adventure I’ve had many thoughts about finding new employees (students) and traits that my students might possess to make … Continue reading

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