microBEnet: the microbiology of the Built Environment network. » David Coil

(posting on behalf of Dr. Karen Dannemiller)   The Indoor Air 2024 conference from the International Society for Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISAIQ) will take place in beautiful Honolulu, HI....

https://microbe.net/2023/07/09/join-indoor-air-2024s-conference-countdown-challenge/

Job Posting:   The Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Virginia Tech invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in environmental engineer...

https://microbe.net/2021/09/21/job-posting-tenure-track-faculty-position-in-environmental-microbiology-at-virginia-tech/

This one has been getting a lot of popular media attention… and really the title says it all “Evidence of Long-Distance Droplet Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by Direct Air Flow in a Restaurant i...

https://microbe.net/2020/12/14/covid19-journal-club-evidence-of-long-distance-droplet-transmission-of-sars-cov-2-by-direct-air-flow-in-a-restaurant-in-korea/

Another quick post here.  “Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA contamination of inanimate surfaces and virus viability in a health care emergency unit.” One of several studie...

https://microbe.net/2020/12/11/covid19-journal-club-severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-2-rna-contamination-of-inanimate-surfaces-and-virus-viability-in-a-health-care-emergency-unit/

Just a quick one here… a study looking for viral RNA in an intensively cleaned healthcare study showing very little detectable RNA in shared spaces in the hospital (in contrast to patient areas...

https://microbe.net/2020/12/09/covid19-journal-club-lack-of-sars-cov-2-rna-environmental-contamination-in-a-tertiary-referral-hospital-for-infectious-diseases-in-northern-italy/

More wastewater sampling work, “Wastewater Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 as a Predictive Metric of Positivity Rate for a Major Metropolis“.  This one is a larger-scale study in a big city that foun...

https://microbe.net/2020/12/08/covid19-preprint-journal-club-wastewater-analysis-of-sars-cov-2-as-a-predictive-metric-of-positivity-rate-for-a-major-metropolis/

A nice article by several of our colleagues from the MoBE project days.   “Distribution of SARS-CoV-2 RNA Signal in a Home with COVID-19 Positive Occupants” does just what it says in the ti...

https://microbe.net/2020/12/08/covid19-preprint-journal-club-distribution-of-sars-cov-2-rna-signal-in-a-home-with-covid-19-positive-occupants/

Got pointed to this today… I can’t seem to copy and paste any of the text but is for a bioinformatics position working on their COVIDTracker.  Detailed information is here.         

https://microbe.net/2020/12/02/covid19-job-opportunity-6-month-gig-in-genomic-epidemiology/

This is a bit more up our alley!  “The wastewater microbiome: A novel insight for COVID-19 surveillance” doesn’t look directly at the virus but at the changes in the wastewater microbiome ...

https://microbe.net/2020/11/20/covid-19-journal-club-the-wastewater-microbiome-a-novel-insight-for-covid-19-surveillance/

A break from wastewater articles!  “Longitudinal monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 RNA on high-touch surfaces in a community setting“. There’s not actually been a ton of articles about fomites rece...

https://microbe.net/2020/11/17/covid-19-preprint-journal-club-longitudinal-monitoring-of-sars-cov-2-rna-on-high-touch-surfaces-in-a-community-setting/