Job Opening: Web Developer

The UC Davis Genome Center is hiring a web developer to work on the topic of microbes that live in the built environment. From the job posting:

"Under general direction, develop and maintain a web communication platform that provides a focal point for the global community of researchers studying microbes that live in the built environment. An essential role will be to design, develop, document, and maintain the software necessary to run the web site."

This job is part of a new effort to increase communication between researchers as well as to develop outreach related to this emerging field.

Advanced Fungal Workshop for IAQ Professionals

Seems like a potentially useful workshop from EMSL

Job of relevance to microBEnet

Postdoctoral Research Associate : University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon : Naturejobs

Airborne Infection Control - Design and Engineering Approaches

This workshop is worth a look:

Airborne Infection Control - Design and Engineering Approaches

Bio and the city - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life Sciences

Studies of wildlife in urban environments are analagous in many ways to studies of microbes in the built environment. See this article for info on urban wildlife

Bio and the city - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life Sciences

New Jersey Park’s Spring Is Prized. Polluted, Too. - NYTimes.com

New Jersey Park’s Spring Is Prized. Polluted, Too. - NYTimes.com

2010 Annual Meeting | The National Institute of Building Sciences

Seems like this meeting might be of interest:

2010 Annual Meeting | The National Institute of Building Sciences

CNN: New regulations may cut down infections in hospitals – Paging Dr. Gupta - CNN.com Blogs

New regulations may cut down infections in hospitals –

10 Cool Websites for Microbiologists � MO-BIO: The Culture Dish

Nice list of websites of interest to microbiologists

10 Cool Websites for Microbiologists � MO-BIO: The Culture Dish

Hospitals at Risk for Waterborne Diseases; 539 million in annual costs

See this story discussing presentation at conference on EIDs

Hospitals at Risk for Waterborne Diseases

JCVI post on metagenomics of the indoor environment

Quick link to blog post from JCVI on metagenomics of indoor environment

Genomics of the Indoor Air Environment JCVI Blog

MicrobiologyBytes post on Fungi in the Indoor Environment

Quick link here to a short blog post on Fungi in the Indoor Environment: MicrobiologyBytes Blog Archive The Great Indoors