News

ASM Cultures Quarterly – Vol 3 Issue 3 ‘The Human Microbiome’  featuring Dr. Knight in the “Happening Now” feature @ http://asmcultures.org/3-3/4/

Dr. Knight is among a group of 10 winners of San Diego Life Science trade group Biocom’s Life Science Catalyst Awards. The awards are presented to “rising stars in research,

Members of the QIIME development group, led by Greg Caporaso and Antonio Gonzalez, will teach a two-day workshop on bioinformatics tools for microbial ecology. The workshop will include lectures covering

American Gut Project current project manager Embriette and former manager Daniel talk about the gut microbiome, citizen science, and how you can participate! Listen in at https://soundcloud.com/ucsdhealth/american-gut

NY Times Magazine writes about studying the microbes involved in decomposition for forensic science at http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/magazine/the-living-dead.html?_r=1    

Fermentation Festival Rapid Response sequencing paves the way for clinical applications of microbiome and metabolome data. Read the press at http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2016-04-26-fermentation-festival-leads-to-rapid-response-system.aspx

eLife Sciences  interview with Jessica Metcalf on July 10,2014 http://elifesciences.org/From-ancient-DNA-to-decay-an-interview-with-Jessica-Metcalf  

The Knight Lab submitted a video entry to the NIH Common Fund Video Contest showing how our work helped rescue researchers from an avalanche of data! To view the video,

Rob presented on March 19 in the session entitled “US” as part of this year’s TED Conference in Vancouver, BC. Read TED’s recap here: http://blog.ted.com/2014/03/19/how-microbes-could-cure-disease-rob-knight-at-ted2014/

Rob, Jess, and Sybil Bucheli of Sam Houston State University talk to NPR about their forensic work. (September 23, 2013) http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/09/23/219375086/could-detectives-use-microbes-to-solve-murders  

Rob and Jeff Leach talk to Maanvi Singh of The Salt about gut microbes, diet, and the current status of microbiome research. (November 8, 2013) http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/11/08/243929866/can-we-eat-our-way-to-a-healthier-microbiome-its-complicated