Newsletters

Issue 14 - November 2024

  • NIH awards $8M for QMAC Expansion
  • Dr. Lu Yang leads the new Computational Core
  • BCMM completes the renovation of the Gnotobiotic Mouse Research Facility
  • Talented researchers present their art in "Art and Science Soiree"

 

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Issue 13 - July 2024

  • BCMM members gather for microbiome science and fun
  • BCMM will co-fund Catalyst awards
  • James Gardner receives the prestigious W.M. Keck Foundation Award for 2024
  • Dr. Lu Yang to lead computational efforts at BCMM
  • The BCMM team is growing!
  • BCMM hosts undergraduate interns
  • BCMM heads back to school

 

Issue 12 - February 2024

  • BCMM launches Innovator Series
  • Scientists gather for Bay Area Microbiome Symposium
  • Margôt Bacino appointed as BCMM Trainee Ambassador
  • Sergio Baranzini wins the Barancik Prize for Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis Research
  • Drs. Susan Lynch and Peter Turnbaugh are among the most highly cited researchers for 2023
  • Dr. Soumaya Zlinti to join the BCMM community as Assistant Professor

 

Issue 11 - September 2023

  • Launch of TED Audacious Project
  • Donor gift supports new study
  • Darren Dumlao starts as Assistant Director of QMAC
  • B.SIGHT added to the Microbial Culturing Facility
  • Welcome new team members!

 

Issue 10 - January 2023

  • Awardees of Microbiome Research Program
  • Launch of Microbiome Journal Club
  • Microbiome Data Analytics Community Github
  • Microbiome collaborations expand at UCSF with new additions Kelsey Collins and Chris Hernandez

 

Issue 9 - October 2022

  • PREMO study enrolls first preterm participant
  • BCMM recieves gift to develop therapeutics for periodontal disease
  • Meet this year's BCMM graduate fellowship recipients
  • Microbial culturing facility workshop for all UCSF and SFSU researchers
  • Welcome new team members!
     

Issue 8 - June 2022

  • BCMM hosts international symposium on microbiome and precision medicine
  • Microbial culturing facility online
  • Watch our microbiome public lecture series 
  • Welcome new team members!

 

Issue 7 - February 2022

  • Microbiome Video Competition
  • Launch of trainee programming
  • QMAC to purchase GCMS & MALDI
  • Connie Ha named Director of Culture Facility

 

Issue 6 - November 2021

  • Awardees of Microbiome Research Program
  • Microbial culturing facility launches microbiome strain repository
  • Ignite talks to reconvene in-person

 

Issue 5 - July 2021

  • Microbial Genomics CoLab Incubator now accepting projects 
  • Welcome new BCMM staff!
  • 6th grader wins Microbiome Video Competition
  • Julie Saba, Joel Babdor appointed to BCMM leadership

 

Issue 4 - March 2021

  • BCMM hosts international virtual symposium on early life microbiome development
  • Launch of therapeutics-focused collaborative initiative
  • Microbiome Video Festival Competition for Bay Area students
  • BCMM hosting summer student interns

 

Issue 3 - October 2020

  • BCMM launches collaborative research program with UCSF California Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi-CA)
  • Launch of Antiracist Book Club
  • BCMM awards graduate fellowships
  • Community values
  • Recruiting Microbial Genomics Director
  • Welcome Preston Tasoff

 

Issue 2 - August 2020

  • Awardees of 2020 Microbiome Research Program
  • Welcome new BCMM members
  • Renovation of Gnotobiotic Mouse Research Facility
  • Technology Hub updates
  • COVID-19 Hub updates
  • Science is Fun! podcast

 

Issue 1 - April 2020
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