Researchers Discover Potential Microbiome Links to Skin Aging
New analysis reveals how skin microbiome could be associated with wrinkles and skin health
The Sum Exceeds Its Parts – Overall Dietary Patterns Have a Greater Influence on Microbiome Composition than Individual Foods
The foods we eat have a wide range of effects on our bodies. They provide energy and nutrients, affect our health, and even bring us pleasure. In addition, our diet influences the composition of our gut microbiome, which has a wide range of implications for our health. While the fact that our dietary choices impact…
Leaner, Cleaner, and Greener – How a Novel Algorithm to Compute Faith’s Phylogenetic Diversity Saves Time, Resources, and the Environment
The explosion of microbiome data available in recent years has enabled rapid advancements in the scope of research, yet it has also introduced myriad challenges. This is especially true for metrics that relate to phylogenetic diversity and relatedness, as the computational cost of calculation is dependent on the size of the phylogenetic tree and underlying…
Pondering Problems in Probing Profilers: Exploring the Challenges in Comparing Metagenomic Profilers
As with most nascent research fields, microbial metagenomics has grappled not just with the question of how to measure and contextualize data but how to develop and refine tools to perform those analyses. While many tools have been created and used effectively, benchmarking their performance has proven especially difficult. One of the critical issues in…
Refining Research Reproducibility: Understanding the Utility of Stability Criteria in Choosing Feature Selection Methods
Microbiome research’s emergence as a burgeoning field has yielded an ever-increasing availability of data sets to study. While the massive amounts of data have presented the opportunity for a variety of novel studies, their intrinsic nature of being high-dimensional, undetermined, sparse, and compositional has also caused challenges. This explosion of data, both in volume and…
Coronavirus can live on surfaces – but surface transmission is rare
While the coronavirus may be able to survive on beds, floors, and other surfaces near COVID patients, it’s unlikely to be passed to another person, a new study finds.
SARS-CoV-2 Detectable — Though Likely Not Transmissible — on Hospital Surfaces
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 also tends to co-locate with one particular type of bacteria
SARS-CoV-2 detectable — though likely not transmissible — on hospital surfaces
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 also tends to co-locate with one particular type of bacteria
Researchers at UC San Diego Unveil New Interactive Web Tool for Visualizing Large-Scale Phylogenetic Trees
The proliferation of sequencing technologies and an ever-increasing focus on ‘omic studies over the past several years have spawned massive quantities of data and many tools to process and analyze the results. As these tools have evolved, so has the need for even greater scale and the ability to visualize complex data sets in more…
L’Oréal Joins UC San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation (CMI) as Industry Partner
San Diego, Calif., September 22, 2020 – UC San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation (CMI) announced today that the L’Oreal Group, the world’s leading beauty company, has joined CMI as an Industry Partner. Founded by a chemist in 1909, L’Oreal has a more than 110-year heritage rooted in scientific innovation, delivering the highest quality cosmetic,…
