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Urban green space and airborne microbial communities
We recently published a paper investigating airborne microbes found in parks versus parking lots in Science of the Total Environment. Read more about it here.
2016 Pacific Northwest Women in Science Retreat
I (Ashley Bateman) recently won a scholarship from the Women in Graduate Sciences organization at the University of Oregon, to attend the 2016 Pacific Northwest Women in Science Retreat. The event was held at Camp Magruder in Rockaway Beach, OR from July 8th-10th. The...
Understanding the microbiome of the Boston subway
BioBE members Jessica Green and Erica Hartmann contributed to a study looking at the microbiome of the Boston transit system, the MBTA. The paper, published in mSystems is out here. The first author on the paper, Tiffany Hsu, also wrote a post on microBEnet. Erica...
Toward a Predictive Understanding of Earth’s Microbiomes
Jessica Green and other 10 fellow microbiome scientists have published an article titled "Toward a Predictive Understanding of Earth's Microbiomes to Address 21st Century Challenges" in the journal mBio. Read this article here.
“Microbiology of Built Environments” FAQ
The American Academy of Microbiology has published a FAQ report on the microbiology of the built environment colloquium convened in September 2015. The report is "based on the deliberations of experts who gathered for a full day to discuss a series of questions...
BioBE research featured in GreenBiz
Check out the recent GreenBiz article featuring some of the goings on at the BioBE center here. Around the O also talks about this article here.
BioBE to host a microbiome science Wikipedia edit-a-thon
This Friday we'll be hosting an edit-a-thon to help spread knowledge related to microbiome science through Wikipedia. Come join us on campus or remotely! For more information, check out the meetup page here.
BioBE undergrads share their research at UO symposium
Undergraduate students Andy Siemens and Kyla Martichuski were selected to give oral presentations at the Sixth Annual University of Oregon Undergraduate Symposium. The Symposium took place on Friday, May 20, 2016 and featured 186 research and creative projects,...
Built environment microbiome design charrette
In December we posted about the design-oriented microbiome course that doctoral candidate Gwynne Mhuireach would be teaching in the winter term. Students in the course were tasked to do a design charrette (short duration intense design exercise) for their final, in...
Recent activities at the BioBE Center
April was a busy month at the BioBE Center! Read more about our recent activities below: BioBE Center Director Jessica Green presented "Building Wellness: Creating Healthier Homes, Hospitals, and Offices with Microbiology" at the Heinz Distinguished Lecture Series...
Microbiome/architecture workshop at O’Hara Catholic School
Energy Studies lab director Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg and doctoral candidate Gwynne Mhuireach brought science and design activities to 50 seventh-grade students at O'Hara Catholic School. The students practiced swabbing indoor surfaces and learned how to test...
BioBE hosts Microbiome Science Youth Outreach event
The BioBE Center hosted its inaugural Microbiome Science Youth Outreach workshop this past Saturday, March 12. The event featured hands-on activities covering microbiology, bioinformatics and architecture led by volunteers from the Green lab and Energy Studies in...
Microbial cloud research featured on Think Out Loud radio program
Postdoctoral scholar Roxana Hickey recently went on the air to talk about microbial clouds and BioBE research with Kate Davidson of Oregon Public Broadcasting's Think Out Loud radio program. Listen below!
ACS Celebrating Chemistry highlights indoor environments, profiles BioBE researcher
The American Chemical Society elected to celebrate "The Great Indoors" in their annual child-friendly earth day publication. In addition to discussing issues related to indoor air and water quality, this issue contains a profile of BioBE researcher Erica Hartmann,...
Making microbiology of the built environment relevant to design
G.Z. Brown, Jeff Kline, Gwynne Mhuireach, Dale Northcutt and Jason Stenson argue in their recent commentary in Microbiome Journal that scientists can make the field of microbiology of the built environment more relevant and applicable to real-world design problems by...
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