Join us Wed, Mar 11 at 11 AM at EOS + on Zoom for a seminar by Dr. Sophie George (University of Washington; Professor Emerita, Georgia Southern University):
Marine Heatwaves effects on growth and development of Pisaster ochraceus larvae in multidimensional space
#MarineBiology #MarineHeatwaves
Join us for a Biology Seminar with Adrianne Correa, PhD (UC Berkeley):
Weaving Community-Science Partnerships to Understand and Bolster Reef Health in a Changing Ocean
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Thurs, March 12, 2026
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๐ SEC 116
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Historian @kirchhelle.bsky.social chats with ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฒ & ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป about revival of phage biology & phage therapy as antibiotics fail.
๐ง 2024 BBC Radio 4 โ listen worldwide:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#phage #phagesky #microsky
On International Womenโs Day, we celebrate not only the women who are recognised, but also those whose achievements were overlooked. Their contributions still shape the world we live in today.
#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 #WomenInScience #RosalindFranklin #STEM #WomenInSTEM #ukisotope #Science
DEADLINE APPROACHING!
Apply to Methods in Computational Neuroscience by March 16. This four-week course is designed for graduate students, postdocs, and faculty in a variety of fields.
Financial aid is available.
๐More info here: go.mbl.edu/MCN
Is #COVID a thing of the past? ...
| #flu | #virus | #SARSCoV2 | #coronavirus | #pathogen | #publichealth | Via @the-independent.com
โก๏ธ preprint from the lab! Bacteria have loads of antiviral defences in their mobile genetic elements (MGEs). So when MGEs move between bacteria, the defences move with them, generating a fast turnover of defences in bacteria. But what about the antiviral defence turnover in the MGEs themselves? ๐ค
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๐ฃnew preprint from the phagefoundry.org team ๐ Jessica Trinh and Catherine Mageeney (Sandia National Laboratories)!!
Systematic analysis of prophages from ~1000 Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, induction & screening. We found this ๐ looking phage with bunch of ๐๐
๐ฃ New preprint from us at phagefoundry.org ๐ฃ
A solid machine learning framework & to predict strain-level phage-host interactions across diverse bacterial genera from genome sequences alone. Avery Noonan from the Arkin Lab led this massive effort
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Welcome Dr. Lu Wang to the Anand Lab @SFSU! ๐งซ๐ bringing expertise in #microbial #ecology, mobile genetic elements, and #metagenomics/AMRโplus an impressive #science-#policy journey through @noaa.gov and EPA. Weโre so happy youโre here, Lu!
#MicrobialEcology #AMR #Metagenomics #SFSU
Webinar poster titled "Mining New Frontiers," scheduled for February 27, 2026, at 9am PT. Includes a QR code for registration. Features logos of JGI, Molecular Foundry, and Berkeley Lab, and images of minerals and a growing plant.
Join us Feb. 27 for more on our joint Critical Minerals & Materials call with @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov โ for projects that integrate genomics w/nanoscale science to develop bio-based technologies.
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Details: https://jgi.doe.gov/work-with-us/proposals/jgi-tmf-critical-minerals-and-materials-call
๐ฟ๐ฃโโ๏ธ Rosenberg Institute Seminar Series โ Wed, Feb 18 (11:00am)
Stuart Siegel, PhD, SPWS: Two Birds, One Ecosystem โ Bringing Nature-Based Solutions to the SF Estuary
Sea level rise, restoration, and what it takes to scale solutions across the Bay.
#NatureBasedSolutions #SanFranciscoBay
A different kind of #Valentine's Day flowerโฆ๐จ #Corpse flower is opening in our SF State #greenhouse! ๐บ๐
Our Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) aka the โcorpse flowerโ is in #bloom mode: it typically peaks for ~24โ48 hours. The greenhouse is open today noonโ8pm for anyone who wants to catch it!
Our department (Berkeley PMB) is hiring an asst. prof. in Plant Resilience to Climate Change! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05049
The Tonos lab headed to the field to kick-off a project examining the relationship between Malagasy fruit-eating #birds and fruiting #plants. They seek to understand these relationships in degraded and #protected areas, and how they may recover due to community-led #conservation efforts!
Meet our new lab workhorse: a Thermo Scientific KingFisher for automated nucleic-acid extractions. Faster, cleaner DNA/RNA from wastewater, wetlands & phage isolates = more discovery time. DOE-supported Phage Pathways!
#PhagePathways #Viromics #Microbiology #AMR @sfstatebio.bsky.social
Celebrating our grad student, Jeffโs successful defense this week and a paper acceptance! Read more: academic.oup.com/sumbio/artic... #oyster #restoration #microbiome @sfstatebio.bsky.social
Our very first thesis defense!
Anand Lab is proud to support this milestone in environmental microbiology and public health.
Friday, May 9 | 10 AMโ12 PM | Thornton Hall (Blakeslee Room) + Zoom
#AnandLab #ThesisDefense #OneHealth #AMR @sfstatebio.bsky.social @archanand.bsky.social #Metagenomics
Proud of our grad students who showcased their amazing research this week at our mini student showcase! Excited for the future of science! Michael Hajkowski, Sanjiev Nand, Kyle Roe, LuzMaria Soto and Gabriela Franco.
Dr. Robert Boria and his lab study the impacts of anthropogenic factors on the distribution of small mammal diversity. Here, the Boria lab visited the mammal collections at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, and learned how to prepare skin specimens.
Field season has begun, and students are being trained in field methods such as small mammal handling, lizard catching, and tick sampling. Funded by PacVec, a CDC-collaborative Center of Excellence, photos here show graduate students, Grace Oram, Gerardo Ramos, and Timara Veren in the field-Swei Lab
Tomorrow is Gators give day! Please consider donating anything if you can! The resources will help support our amazing university, which provides a rich education and research opportunities for all! ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ธ #SFState @sfstatebio.bsky.social #Donate
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Itโs #GatorsGiveDay! Your support helps us:
๐ฌprovide #scholarship & #research opportunities,
๐งซ hands-on #experiences,
๐ฅผ build mentorship and community. Visit lnkd.in/gYdD3qSM; Gifts made on this special day may also help unlock any matching gifts or challenges so your support can go even further!
Thanks to the amazing generosity of our donors, weโve surpassed our initial goal! Weโd love to keep the momentum going, and every extra dollar we can raise goes directly to support more students, more research and more ways to transform lives. Please consider a gift to reach our next goal of $4000!
Hands-on phage hunting in action! Our @sfstatebio.bsky.social grad students and NSF Postbac RAMP Scholar are getting valuable training in phage isolation techniques with support from the @vivekmutalik.bsky.social Mutalik Lab. Grateful for this collaboration through the BRaVE Phage Foundry!
The Crook Lab studies cephalopods to understand how we can better treat octopuses when they need anesthesia, analgesia or other veterinary care. Postdoc Dr. Gabrielle Winters-Bostwick is using calcium imaging to observe individual neurons in the octopus arm responding to vibration and food odors
