Very stoked to see our robot take over the world! 🦾💩🚽

Thrilled to announce the successful closure of our oversubscribed $3 million funding round! Thank you Bluestein Ventures IndieBio Seerave Foundation Jack A Gilbert (he/him/his) and our other incredible investors enabling us to continue developing our transformative microbiome platform.
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We found gut microbiome differences with long-COVID that correlated with inflammation. We propose a potential role for binding of microbially liberated sialic acids from mucins to viral spike protein to support host immune evasion
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At some point, I'm going to link my spotify to my papers in the acknoweldgements.
This paper brought to you by Gang of Youths, Johnny Cash, Taylor Swift, and the NIH.

I am not sure I have a career in product reviews! But thought you might like to see the GutLab in situ, in my bathroom. Here is a short video showing me using (simulated sample) the machine. it was super easy to use.

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Note: I am a cofounder of BiomeSense.

Congratulations to everyone involved!

This strategy, referred to as 'operational genomic unit' (OGU), produces stronger and more consistent biological signals with the HMP metagenomes.

Dr. Allard Sarah Allard is a Project Scientist UC San Diego conducting #Microbiome research for safe food & healthy #Ecosystems . She is Diversity Coordinator for the Microbiome and Metagenomics Center & part of NIH’s Nutrition for Precision Health program. #WomensHistoryMonth

This is a huge milestone for the team BiomeSense - congrats to everyone for making this possible. 🦠⚡️🚽 #smartToilet

We have a very cool position open to join our team in Gent: we are looking for a talented Skin & Textile Microbiome Research Scientist.
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The family of a member of the QIIME 2 developer community are stuck in Kabul, desperately trying to get out. Their Mom has been active in women's rights & fears for their safety. If you have connections that might help get these 3 Afghanistan citizens out, DM me. Please retweet.

On a personal note: scanning things in your pantry is an oddly relaxing and fullfilling activity. Can't figure out why your code isn't working? Scan food .... Reviewer 3 brought up a good point that involves a lot of work? Scan food while you think about a response.

Planning an online #bioinformatics software training event? Check out our paper in PLOS Comp Biol detailing our experiences with transitioning the popular QIIME 2 workshop series online in response to COVID-19. journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/a… (1/8)

Congratulations to Qiyun Zhu for spearheading this effort!

Miss last week's #COVID #HPC webinar? Check out the CMI @ UC San Diego and Panasas case study on the topic of Reducing Transmission with Early Detection Through Wastewater Monitoring youtu.be/bogWXe9amOQ

Two post doctoral training programs that I am a part of are seeking applications. One for post-doctoral training in HIV/AIDS-related research and the other in Computational Biosciences. DM me if you want more info on either program or research in my lab.