Hi all,<br><br>Dr. Patrick Schloss from the University of Michigan will
be giving a seminar entitled "Microbial ecology in the age of next
generation sequencing" on February 9, 2009 (4:10, 1415 BPS) and joining
the Metagenomics Journal Club the following Wednesday, February 10,
2009. If you would like to meet with Dr. Schloss, please send an
email to Adina at <a href="mailto:howead@msu.edu" target="_blank">howead@msu.edu</a>, and we will try to make arrangements if possible.<br>
<br>Dr. Schloss's research focuses on developing tools to describe and
compare microbial communities using molecular data. He is a key
developer of software (most recently Mothur) that helps scientists
analyze metagenomic sequencing data to make inferences about the
structure and function of microbial communities. He is also involved
in research focused on understanding the interactions between humans
and our microbes, more commonly called the human microbiome. His
website can be found at the following link, <a href="http://www.med.umich.edu/microbio/bio/schloss.htm" target="_blank">Schloss Lab Website</a><br>
<br>We hope to see you at the seminar in February. For more
information on the Metagenomics Journal Club, please join our mailing
list <a href="http://lists.idyll.org/listinfo/metagenomics-jclub" target="_blank">here</a>.<br>
<br>Adina Howe<br>Postdoctoral Fellow Brown/Tiedje Labs