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SUMMARY:PreMiEr DEI Book Club: Racism\, Not Race | Ch. 5 - 6
DESCRIPTION:Fall DEI Book Club: Racism\, Not Race\, by Joseph Graves\, Jr. \nOn Tuesday\, October 3rd\, we will discuss Chapters 5 & 6.
URL:https://premier-microbiome.org/event/1818/
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SUMMARY:PreMiEr Seminar Series: Dr. Anthony Fodor
DESCRIPTION:PreMiEr-sponsored seminar hosted by University of North Carolina at Charlotte. \nSpeaker: Anthony Fodor\, Professor\, College of Computing & Informatics\, PreMiEr Associate Director \nAdventures with the Poisson distribution: on simplicity and reproducibility in microbial analyses \nAbstract \nIn this talk\, we explore ways in which simple algorithms can sometimes outperform more complex ones in metagenomics pipelines.  We present recent results where straight-forward classical statistical approaches to differential analysis can out-perform more recently developed negative-binomial based methods.  We show that data normalizations based on simple or “naïve” proportions can have some attractive properties when compared to more sophisticated\, but more complex\, compositionally aware transformations.  And we explore how one-parameter models based on the Poisson distribution can provide reasonable null error models for 16S-based ASVs and WGS approaches to taxonomic classification.  As recent controversies highlight\, analysis of metagenomic data can often get bogged down in complexity.    Adopting simpler methods where possible has the potential to yield more easily interpretable results that are less likely to be the result of arbitrary choices made in data analysis pipelines. \nClick here to register!
URL:https://premier-microbiome.org/event/1790/
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SUMMARY:PreMiEr Seminar Series: Dr. Dongyang (Sunny) Deng
DESCRIPTION:PreMiEr-sponsored seminar hosted by North Carolina North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. \nSpeaker: Dongyang (Sunny) Deng\, Associate Professor\, College of Science and Technology \nAssessment of Health and Safety Hazards in African American Low-Income Communities of Greensboro \nThe research project\, based in low-income areas of Greensboro\, presents a detailed protocol aimed at understanding the correlation between housing conditions and health. Through meticulous sampling procedures\, the study evaluates the health status of selected housing units by measuring factors such as temperature\, humidity\, carbon dioxide levels\, metal particulates\, dust\, and other air contaminants. This comprehensive approach not only seeks to provide empirical data on living conditions but also incorporates educational interventions. The ultimate goal is to enhance the living environment\, ensuring it is both safer and healthier for residents. \nClick here to register!
URL:https://premier-microbiome.org/event/1793/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231017T120000
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SUMMARY:PreMiEr DEI Book Club: Racism\, Not Race | Ch. 7 - 8
DESCRIPTION:Fall DEI Book Club: Racism\, Not Race\, by Joseph Graves\, Jr. \nOn Tuesday\, October 17th\, we will discuss Chapters 7 & 8.
URL:https://premier-microbiome.org/event/1821/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231026T120000
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SUMMARY:PreMiEr Seminar Series: Dr. Alex McCumber
DESCRIPTION:PreMiEr-sponsored seminar hosted by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \nSpeaker: Alex McCumber\, Postdoctoral Research Associate \nAbstract: Evaluation of Sink Bioaerosols \nSinks are ubiquitous in modern buildings and serve an important role in reducing the transmission of diseases via hand washing. In settings where someone may encounter at risk individuals\, such as hospitals\, sinks are placed in nearly every room to ensure proper hand hygiene adherence. However\, the p-traps beneath sinks are well documented to harbor multidrug resistant pathogens and operate as a source of bioaerosol emissions and exposure to a highly vulnerable patient population. In 2023\, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a weekly report describing an outbreak of Carbapenemase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections that were traced to the p-trap in the hospital room. Due to the continued risk between sink bioaerosols and infections in high-risk settings\, factors that affect bioaerosol generation\, fate\, and transport warrant further exploration. This project is designed to take initial steps towards answering these questions and provide standardized techniques for future projects within the Center. The overarching goal of this project is to quantify the risk associated with sink bioaerosols and identify engineering or microbiological based controls that ameliorate or eliminate bioaerosol threats. Experiments are accompanied by modeling to aid prediction and identification of engineering solutions to manage p-trap bioaerosol generation. Possibilities include changes to the geometry of the sink or trap\, as well as microbiological-based controls such as p-trap probiotics that mitigate the proliferation of harmful p-trap bacteria. \nClick here to register!
URL:https://premier-microbiome.org/event/1795/
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SUMMARY:PreMiEr DEI Book Club: Racism\, Not Race | Ch. 9 - 10
DESCRIPTION:Fall DEI Book Club: Racism\, Not Race\, by Joseph Graves\, Jr. \nOn Tuesday\, October 31st\, we will discuss Chapters 9 & 10.
URL:https://premier-microbiome.org/event/1823/
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