Article on Valley Fever presented by Science Friday Life cycle of Coccidioides spp. During the saprobic phase (left) the organism grows as mycelia, which mature into arthroconidia. These asexual conidia can be inhaled by a susceptible host. If this occurs, the fungus undergoes a morphological shift to form a spherule […]

MBAC ASSIP 2016 celebrating birthday party.    

  Dr Reid Schwebach brought his summer class to the MBAC to show them the facilities at the Science and Technology campus and to introduce them to concepts in Bioinformatics.  We plan to use Mutitag NextGen sequencing approach to interrogate the entire Phageome in soil samples   Links to Related […]

Dr. Gillevet discusses the Systems Biology of the Metabiome in Non Alcoholic Liver Disease Meeting Agenda    

Effects of the Illegal Consumption of Sea Turtles on Human Health and Environmental Security in Northwestern Mexico All of the six species of sea turtles in Mexico are endangered, and yet all are harvested illegally as a food resource. In the study area, human consumption is the main cause of […]

          Ligeia Mare is a methane sea with organic sludge on the bottom

  Scientists just found evidence that there could be alien life lurking beneath the surface of this mysterious water world Europa’s Ocean May Have An Earthlike Chemical Balance  

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), in collaboration with Federal agencies and private-sector stakeholders, is announcing a new National Microbiome Initiative (NMI) to foster the integrated study of microbiomes across different ecosystems, and is hosting an event to bring together stakeholders vital to advancing the NMI. […]