A presentation on microBEnet, given at the QIIME/VAMPS Workshop in Boulder, CO on October 17th 2012

1. http://microBE.net
David Coil
UC Davis
(hashtag for this meeting:
#microbenet)

2. Who isJonathan Eisen, David
• UC Davis:
microBEnet?
Coil, Mary Jo Seminoff, Holly Bik
• Building Ecology Research Group:
Hal Levin
• Other collaborators

3. microBEnet target
audiences
• Those funded by Sloan Program
• Anyone in related fields w/ current or
potential interest in microBE
• Stakeholders

4. microBEnet Activities
• Organize/sponsor meetings and
workshops
• Web site/information hub
• Creating and curating resources
• Social media activities
• Research (shhh, don’t tell Paula)

5. Meetings
• Indoor Air 2011
• Citizen Microbiology 2011
• AAAS 2012
• Healthy Buildings 2012
• Lake Arrowhead 2012
• GSC13 2012
• ASM 2013

6. Meetings
• IDEAS WANTED

7. Website

8. Resources

9. Simple guides

10. Mendeley Collection

11. Tutorial Videos

12. Social Media
• Blog
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Mendeley
• Slideshare
• etc.

13. microBEnet
Blog

14. Centralize Information
• Pull in blog posts and news from other
sources
• Updates to social media
• New papers
• Twitter hashtag (#microbenet)

15. Monthly Newsletter
• Summary of blog posts
• “Resource of the Month”
• “People Behind the Science” video
series… “Project of the Month”
• Recent and upcoming meetings

16. And Research?
• Undergraduate research projects in the built
environment
• A form of outreach (blogging, etc)
• Develop teaching materials related to the
microbiology of the built environment
• Keep our lab in the loop
• A touch of useful data

17. Reference Genomes
• 7 students
• Cultured organisms isolated from a
variety of built environments
• Identify, sequence, assemble, annotate,
publish a genome each

18. Aquarium Biogeography
• 5 students
• 16S surveys and metagenomics in
aquariums
• Looking at biogeography and succession

19. Future
• More interaction with Sloan Labs
• Love to host any resources you have that
could be helpful
• Guest blog posts!
• More targeted workshops to develop
interactions

20. Thanks!
• David Coil
• coil.david@gmail.com
• microBEnet
• themicrobenet@gmail.com
• www.microbe.net