microBEnet presentation, Boulder, Oct 2012

http://microBE.net David Coil UC Davis(hashtag for this meeting: #microbenet)

Who isJonathan Eisen, David• UC Davis: microBEnet? Coil, Mary Jo Seminoff, Holly Bik• Building Ecology Research Group: Hal Levin• Other collaborators

microBEnet target audiences• Those funded by Sloan Program• Anyone in related fields w/ current or potential interest in microBE• Stakeholders

microBEnet Activities• Organize/sponsor meetings and workshops• Web site/information hub• Creating and curating resources• Social media activities• Research (shhh, don’t tell Paula)

Meetings• Indoor Air 2011• Citizen Microbiology 2011• AAAS 2012• Healthy Buildings 2012• Lake Arrowhead 2012• GSC13 2012• ASM 2013

Meetings• IDEAS WANTED

Website

Resources

Simple guides

Mendeley Collection

Tutorial Videos

Social Media• Blog• Facebook• LinkedIn• Mendeley• Slideshare• etc.

microBEnet Blog

Centralize Information• Pull in blog posts and news from other sources• Updates to social media• New papers• Twitter hashtag (#microbenet)

Monthly Newsletter• Summary of blog posts• “Resource of the Month”• “People Behind the Science” video series… “Project of the Month”• Recent and upcoming meetings

And Research?• Undergraduate research projects in the built environment• A form of outreach (blogging, etc)• Develop teaching materials related to the microbiology of the built environment• Keep our lab in the loop• A touch of useful data

Reference Genomes• 7 students• Cultured organisms isolated from a variety of built environments• Identify, sequence, assemble, annotate, publish a genome each

Aquarium Biogeography• 5 students• 16S surveys and metagenomics in aquariums• Looking at biogeography and succession

Future• More interaction with Sloan Labs• Love to host any resources you have that could be helpful• Guest blog posts!• More targeted workshops to develop interactions

Thanks!• David Coil• coil.david@gmail.com• microBEnet• themicrobenet@gmail.com• www.microbe.net

microBEnet presentation, Boulder, Oct 2012

by DavidCoil on Oct 19, 2012

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