Jonathan Eisen
Professor @UCDavis; Guardian of Microbial Diversity; #OpenScience #STEMDiversity #Evolution #Genomics #RedSox #Barca #Type1 #BirdPhotography; phylogenomics.me
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'Of course I did': Giuliani acknowledges asking Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden
“So you did ask Ukraine to look into Joe Biden?” CNN’s Chris Cuomo asked Giuliani.
Superbug hotspots emerging in farms across globe – study
Global outbreak of antibiotic-resistant superbugs linked to overconsumption of meat
This Bug's for You at the Bohart Museum Open House Sept. 21
UC News about Entomology and Nematology.
North America Has Lost a Quarter of Its Birds in 50 Years
Though the continent has lost 3 billion birds since 1970, those losses are hard to glean because it’s the commonest species that have been hit hardest.
The University of California declares a climate emergency
UC President Janet Napolitano and all 10 chancellors recognize ‘the need for a drastic societal shift to combat the growing threat of climate change.’
Opinion: UC investments are going fossil free. But not exactly for the reasons you may think
Divesting is less a moral imperative than risk-averse stewardship of the university's endowment and pension fund.
Open Families (SPARC)
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Jonathan Eisen
The article appears to be gone from the web but the @internetarchive never forgets - yes, my mom did tell a reporter in 2010 that my brother @mbeisen and I were not geeky because we "marched in the band" web.archive.org/web/2010102601… pic.twitter.com/GsMALRItIe
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Harvard Officials Say $8.9 Million Donation From Jeffrey Epstein Was From Brief Recovery Period When He Wasn’t A Pedophile
CAMBRIDGE, MA—Emphasizing that the late billionaire was only having sex with consenting adults at the time, Harvard officials said Friday that the nearly $9 million Jeffrey Epstein gave to the university was received during a brief recovery period...
Jonathan Eisen
And @TheOnion knocks it out of the park with this one: Harvard Officials Say $8.9 Million Donation From Jeffrey Epstein Was From Brief Recovery Period When He Wasn’t A Pedophile
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Jeffrey Epstein fallout: Ex-MIT staffers, professors demand to know extent of university's ties
In a letter obtained by Fox News, faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are demanding to know the full extent of its financial ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Prosecutors must probe Jeffrey Epstein's trafficking network, says British victim Sarah Ransome in first interview
After months of torture, suddenly there was a sliver of hope.
It's Not Just Insulin: Diabetes Patients Struggle To Get Crucial Supplies
Type 1 diabetes can be well managed with insulin if blood sugar is consistently monitored. But insurance rules can make it hard for patients to get the medical supplies their doctors say they need.
Selection of representative genomes for 24,706 bacterial and archaeal species clusters provide a complete genome-based taxonomy
We recently introduced the Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB), a phylogenetically consistent, genome-based taxonomy providing rank normalized classifications for nearly 150,000 genomes from domain to genus. However, nearly 40% of the genomes used to...
Education Department Probes Middle East Studies Program | Inside Higher Ed
The Department of Education accused the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies of inappropriate use of Title VI program funds in a letter scheduled to be published today in the Federal Register. The letter argues that many of the programs run...
An incentive to switch to e-cigarettes? Smokers have more bad bacteria
Nearly three million people in Britain use e-cigarettes, which doctors are advised to tell patients are better than smoking traditional fags. The new study was led by researchers at Newcastle University.
Jonathan Eisen
And remember how these bogus claims from Newcastle then led to a lot of news stories claiming vaping was not bad for you b/c it did not affect the microbiome? eg dailymail.co.uk/health/article… - real risks come from bogus microbiome claims ... phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2018/04/no-mic…
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Vaping: As an imaging scientist I fear the deadly impact on people’s lungs
Vaping devices cause deadly lung toxicity. Their marketing to children must be banned.
Iran-Contra Investigation Day 29
Poindexter testifies that President Reagan signed a retroactive finding, prepared by the CIA, concerning the sale of arms to Iran. Poindexter also says that he destroyed the finding when the Justice…
Jonathan Eisen
@pdsdc Ooh - I am pretty sure this is video of the hearing we saw - we only got to see the first little bit before they shuffled us out and shuffled others in
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Decoding the Language of Microbiomes: Leveraging Patterns in 16S Public Data using Word-Embedding Techniques and Applications in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Microbiomes are complex ecological systems that play crucial roles in understanding natural phenomena from human disease to climate change. Especially in human gut microbiome studies, where collecting clinical samples can be arduous, the number of...
Legendary journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts dies at 75
Veteran ABC News journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts has died at the age of 75.
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Jonathan Eisen
Very sad: I grew up around the corner and was friends with her kids: Legendary journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts dies at 75 - ABC News - via @ABC
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