COVID-19: the impact on research
A multidisciplinary panel of scientists addressed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on research. Catch up on the highlights of this discussion now.
Beyond the bench: A conversation with Jack Gilbert
In normal times, Jack Gilbert is hard to pin down. The University of California, San Diego professor usually travels nearly a quarter-million miles each year, giving talks, attending events and working with collaborators around the globe.
Microbial matters: modelling the complex web of host–microbiome interactions
Computational approaches help to map the extensive biochemical chatter between bacteria and their human hosts.
Hunting for a SARS-CoV-2 biomarker with metabolomics
The SARS-CoV-2 virus, like all biological material, is composed of proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, metabolites and other small molecules. Researchers are using -omics technologies (e.g. proteomics, lipidomics, transcriptomics, genomics) to develop biomarker tests, understand the biology of the novel coronavirus, and provide insight into our immune response to infection. Metabolomics aims to measure all the…
Microbe Mappers Are Tracking Covid-19’s Invisible Traces
Armies of microbiologists are swabbing subways, ATMs, and hospitals in search of the novel coronavirus. Their data could help cities reopen responsibly.
Teams of bacteria have working memories remarkably like ours
This finding illuminates an unexpected connection between the abilities of simple organisms and complex neurons in the human brain.
Your skin microbiome can be used to predict your age
As we age, our skin changes, and so too do the bugs that live there
AI developed to predict age based on gut, skin and mouth microbiomes
A new tool has been developed that can effectively predict a person’s chronological age based on a microbiome sample. The tool, developed in collaboration between UC San Diego and IBM researchers, is most accurate at predicting a person’s age when using a skin microbiome sample.
Predicting your age from your skin, mouth and gut microbiome
Just say aah: The bugs living on your skin, and in your mouth and gut could reveal your age.
