Best Pics from Nimbus Fish Hatchery

Went to Sacramento for a Doctor's appointment and then had a 2 hour Zoom call. Decided to do the call while walking around the Nimbus Fish Hatchery which I have never been to. I heard that people had seen a rare duck there so went on over. And it was awesome. I then messaged a grad student in my lab, Alonna Wright who lives nearby and she came over for a walk after lunch. Here is a link to a slideshow of some of the pics I got

Some thoughts on Omicron and COVID19 in the last week or so

 

Some recent Tweets and threads from me on Omicron and related topics

I am dismayed by the people, including leaders, who are treating #Omicron as "mild" & therefore not a big deal ignoring the unvaccinated & unboosted, long covid, at risk groups and that it is not "mild" for everyone, just on average has less severe effects to the vaccinated

— Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics) January 5, 2022

If you are citing something written by Monica Gandhi on COVID please read this and other threads pointing out just how many times she has been wrong wrong wrong and wrong. https://t.co/XJcJ2kytlt

— Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics) January 6, 2022

Looking for guidance on how to wear / test / optimize the fit of KN95s and N95 masks.

— Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics) January 6, 2022

Honestly, disappointed in @Bob_Wachter calling this "new". We knew this >1 month ago. https://t.co/8UqtflU7WF

— Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics) January 6, 2022

Repeat after me.

It is not the flu.
It is not the common cold.
It is not mild.
It is not something to just let rip.

It is something we can and should keep fighting. https://t.co/any0vRZWwr

— Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics) December 31, 2021

And the @ucdavis #COVID #s and positivity rates are going up up up up up up up. https://t.co/VsqgJYyw0C

And remember, many people are away right now so, well, the #s when people return will likely be very much higher pic.twitter.com/x6cE3sKnbB

— Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics) January 1, 2022

Tribute to EO Wilson

 

When I was a senior at @harvard in 1990 I started an "Environmental Issues" journal as part of activities leading to the 20th anniversary of Earth Day. I hoped to get EO Wilson to be our faculty sponsor. I phoned his office and arranged a meeting with him via his assistant 1/n https://t.co/0fyvH0ykky

— Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics) December 27, 2021

Video and slides of my talk for the Microbiome Virtual International Forum posted

I gave a talk last week for the Microbiome Virtual International Forum. https://www.microbiome-vif.org/ Title: Evolution of microbiomes and the evolution of the study and politics of microbiomes (or, how can something be both ridiculously overhyped and horrifically underappreciated)" 

 See the Youtube video:  

 Slides:

Evolution of microbiomes and the evolution of the study and politics of microbiomes (or, how can something be both ridiculously overhyped and horrifically under-appreciated) from Jonathan Eisen

Also see this Twitter thread for some more info:

OK so I gave a talk for the @MicrobiomeVIF tonight https://t.co/4fJ4n6AJE6. I think it went, well OK, but it was really hard for a few reasons ... 1/n

— Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics) December 8, 2021

Slideshow of Otters at the UC Davis Riparian Preserve

Made a slideshow of the otters I saw at the UC Davis Riparian Preserve yesterday. See

Videos of Talks from the JGI "NeLLi (New Lineages of Life)" Meeting Now Available

Recently the DOE JGI Hosted the "NeLLi" meeting on New Lineages of life.  See agenda here: https://usermeeting.jgi.doe.gov/2021-nelli/2021-nelli-agenda/ 

There were a whole series of interesting talks in this program and now the videos are available on Youtube. 

See Youtube Channel or the embedded video link below.

Wall Street Journal Podcast on the Downfall of uBiome, part 1 and 2

Part 1 of "The Journal" podcast featuring story by Amy Marcus et al on the downfall of uBiome.  Includes interviews with multiple people including myself.

What went wrong at uBiome, Part 1. 

 

Part 2 has now been posted