Jonathan Eisen talk for #ASM2012 on "#microBEnet - the microbiology of the built environment...

The Great Indoors: Recent Advances in the

Ecology of Built Environments

#ASM2012

Convener: Brendan Bohannan

Tuesday, June 26, 12

The Great Indoors: Recent Advances in the

Ecology of Built Environments

#ASM2012

Convener: Brendan BohannanJonathan Eisen

Tuesday, June 26, 12

• 3:00-3:30 Jonathan Eisen• microBEnet

• 3:30-3:45 Nicholas Be• Air Microbiome

• 3:45-4:00 Katie Kirsch • Hotel rooms

• 4:00-4:30 Mark Hernandez• Airborne microbes

• 4:30-4:45 John Senko• Flue gas microbes

• 4:45-5:00 Kimberly Ross• Drinking water

• 5:00-5:30 Jordan Peccia• Aspergillus indoors

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The Microbiology of the Built Environment Network

http://microBE.net

Jonathan A. EisenUC Davis

@phylogenomics

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Microbes in the Built Environment:Why Care?

• The BE is a large part of our niche• Buildings, planes, cars, etc.

• The BE can be considered a model system for studying microbial ecology and diversity• defined components• controllable inputs and outputs• many replicates possible

• Microbes in the BE likely influence• Human health• Human microbiome• BE ecology

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History

• Interest in microbes in the built environment is nothing new

• Most focus historically has been:• on pathogens • done using culturing

• New approaches possible• culture independent (e.g., DNA

sequencing)• rapid decreases in cost / difficulty• also applies to culture-based studies

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But ...

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But ...

• Culture independent approaches have taken off in many areas of microbial studies• Ocean microbiology• Human microbiome

• Genomics taken off too• Microbes of phylogenetic, economic,

health, ecological interest• But ...

• Not been so fast an uptake in BE studies

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How to accelerate progress?

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How to accelerate progress?

• $$$• Recruitment• Openness• Communication• New Technology• Education

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How to accelerate progress?

• $$$ - Sloan Foundation• Recruitment• Openness• Communication• New Technology• Education

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Sloan Program

• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation funded a few “pilot” studies in microbiology of the built environment

• Launched larger program a few years ago with calls for proposals in multiple areas including • Database/informatics• Center• Network

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How to accelerate progress?

• $$$• Recruitment• Openness• Communication• New Technology• Education

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microBEnet

the microbiology of the Built Environment network

microBEnet

http://microbe.net

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microBEnet: Who?

• UC Davis: • Jonathan Eisen• David Coil• Mary Jo Seminoff• Holly Bik• Tom Olson• many undergrads

• Building Ecology Research Group:• Hal Levin

• Other collaborators• Jessica Green• Jack Gilbert

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microBEnet Targets

• Those funded by Sloan Program• Anyone in related fields w/ current or

potential interest in microBE• Stakeholders

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microBEnet Activities

1.Web site/hub 2.Organizing meetings and workshops3.Creating and curating resources4.Social media activities 5.Teaching how to share

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1. Web Site/Hub

• http://microBE.net

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2. Meetings & Workshops

• Indoor Air 2011• Citizen Microbiology 2011• AAAS 2012• GSC13 - Shenzen 2012• Healthy Buildings 2012• Lake Arrowhead Small Genomes 2012• ASM 2012 (done mostly by Brendan

Bohannan of BioBE Center)

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2. Meetings

• IDEAS WANTED

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3. Resources

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Simple guides

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Simple Guides

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Reference Collections

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Sloan Program

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Other resources

• Meeting reports• Compilation of government reports• Calendar• Funding opportunities• Many others in development

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3. Resources

• IDEAS WANTED

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4. Social Media

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microBEnet blog

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Other Blogs of Interest

• BE blogs• Microbiology blogs• Feeds into microBEnet

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Social Media

• Facebook• LinkedIn• Mendeley• Slideshare• YouTube Channel• Twitter posts• etc.

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RSS Feeds

• Pull in blog posts and news from other sources

• Updates to social media• New papers• Twitter feed

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5. How to share

• Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

• Share something for someone and you help them for a day. Teach them to share and you help them and everyone for a lifetime.

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Sharing ...

• How to post slides to Slideshare• How to record audio and video of talks

from laptop• How to post to Mendeley• How to use Social Media for work• Benefits of open access publishing• Benefits of open data release

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Future

• Love to host any resources you have that could be helpful

• Guest blog posts• Latest papers with background• More targeted workshops to develop

interactions• Undergrad education• K-12 outreach• Public outreach

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Thanks

• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation• Hal Levin, David Coil, Mary Jo Seminoff,

Tom Olson, Holly Bik• Others working in microBE topics

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