My twitter wrap up of the Joint Genome Institute User Meeting #JGIUM

Off to another meeting so don't have time to write up details of the JGI User Meeting that just ended.  But I am posting my tweets and some related tweets here.  Also, apparently videos of the talks will be available soon. Will try to clean up the style of the posts ASAP but on the road ...





kucsbl CSBL at Korea Univ.
RT @phylogenomics Rob Knight discussing the rationale behind his UNIFRAC metric to comparing communities using phylogeny #JGIUM
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CackleofRad CackleofRad
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@Tideliar @jadebio You know who else I think is awesome? Try @phylogenomics and maybe #JGIUM Not medical per se but cool things in the werks
17 hours ago

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen

Uy vey: got home from #JGIUM & my kids had chlamydia, anthrax, E. coli, malaria, athletes foot, Helicobacter & giardia yfrog.com/gzk75auj
20 hours ago

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Next up at #JGIUM Dan Distel on Shipworm symbionts - note here is a picture of Dan (foreground) from 1992 cruise http://twitpic.com/4cvb3w
22 hours ago

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen

Apologies all - have to skip end of #JGIUM - follow this hashtag for other's posts
23 hours ago

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Scholin hacked into unsecured wireless network while on vacation in Death Valley to communicate w/ his sensors in Newport Beach #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Scholin has some of these remote sensors moored off of Newport Beach pier to survey for toxic diatoms #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Holy ecogenomic sensor batman - this remote ESP thing is very cool mbari.org/ESP/esp_2G.htm - can do DNA analysis remotely #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Next up Chris Scholin on remote detection of marine microbes in coastal waters and deep sea #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
In the Q and A period for Dan Distel some music has now come on over the speakers #oscars? #exitmusic #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Distel discussing proteomics of shipworm symbionts communities - uses method that focuses on proteins in symbionts not host #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Oh no - Distel mentioned the CaZome when discussing carbohydrate active enzymes in shipworm symbionts #badomicsword #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Distel: the gill symbionts are in addition to symbionts living in the gut that are known to degrade cellulose #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Distel: many (~10) types of closely related bacterial symbionts live inside the cells of shipworm in the gill #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Note - here is a link to my #PLoSONE paper with Distel on the genome of a shipworm symbiont plosone.org/article/info:d… #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Distel: shipworms are very diverse and can live off all sorts of wood & wood like stuff - major wood consuming organisms in ocean #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Dan Distel Works at the Ocean Genome Legacy foundation #JGIUM #coolgroup oglf.org/DistelCV.htm
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Distel: shipworms (which are actually clams) cause billions of dollars of economic damage each year #JGIUM
24 Mar

doe_jgi Joint Genome Inst.
RT @phylogenomics Distel expressing thanks to JGI b/c despite claims by many that sequencing is free, nobody has told his acctg dept #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Distel expressing thanks to JGI b/c despite claims by many that sequencing is free, nobody has told his accounting department #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Next at #JGIUM Dan Distel on shipworm symbionts - note here's a pic of Dan (foreground) from '02 http://www.scancafe.com/p-59386415-38fa9f
24 Mar

sharmanedit Anna Sharman
Wow. MT @phylogenomics [Ed] Buckler: any two corn [maize] plants are as different from each other as humans and chimpanzees #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Next at #JGIUM Mary Ann Moran; Note paper I have w/ her is one Nature fails to make free despite promises nature.com/nature/journal… #opengate
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Buckler described Genotyping by sequencing method from his in press #PLoSOne paper #JGIUM maizegenetics.net/images/stories…
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Buckler suggests the genetic diversity in maize allows it to adapt to local environments better than other species #JGIUM #notbuyingit
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Buckler: genomic domestication analysis w/ Ross-Ibarra lab from #ucdavis: little loss in diversity from landraces -> improved lines #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Buckler: Tripsacum genome has different retrotransposons than maize but otherwise may be useful as source of genetic variants #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Buckler also sequencing Tripsacum - sister genus of maize #JGIUM no chromosomal duplications, very similar gene content to maize
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Buckler: doing maize HAPMAP2 to survey genetic diversity in corn #JGIUM
24 Mar

leonidkruglyak Leonid Kruglyak
So are yeast strains RT @phylogenomics: Buckler: any two corn plants as different as human and chimp #JGIUM #myspeciesisbetterthanyours
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Buckler: any two corn plants are as different from each other as humans and chimpanzees #JGIUM #myspeciesisbetterthanyours
24 Mar

leonidkruglyak Leonid Kruglyak
Ed Buckler RT @phylogenomics: Next up Ed Buckley from Cornell discussing sequencing/using maize genome #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Next up Ed Buckley from Cornell discussing sequencing/using maize genome #JGIUM
24 Mar

sarahcpwilliams sarahcpwilliams
@phylogenomics enjoying yr tweets from #jgium. i'm a big fan of ley and knight. covered their work last year for hhmi: http://bit.ly/g2NEug
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Ley : to study diversity of microbes associated with maize had to get primers that did not amplify chloroplast rDNA #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Ley: doing a QTL experiment on maize/corn treating microbes as their quantitative trait #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Ley now expanding human microbiome GWAS twin study to include surveying microbes all over body #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Ruth Ley: GWAS studies of human twins has IDd many loci that appear to affect microbial diversity - including some immune system loci #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Ruth Ley is now doing GWAS studies w/ human twins where the phenotype they are looking at is microbial diversity #JGIUM #verycool
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Ruth Ley discussing survey of microbes in one child over two years #JGIUM
24 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Ruth Ley now up at the JGI User Meeting discussing maize, human microbiotas #JGIUM ... Note - I love her work #brilliant
24 Mar

kevinswilson66 Kevin Scott Wilson
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@phylogenomics : Many thanks for your notes on #JGIUM . I was captivated by them
23 Mar

Symbiologica Juliana Mastronunzio
Thanks for tweets on the JGI meeting #JGIUM from @phylogenomics and @iGenomics.
23 Mar

sdaxen Seth D. Axen
RT @phylogenomics: Schuster: "I would like to finish my talk by discussing sequencing the devil" #JGIUM
23 Mar

Pathh1 Pat Heslop-Harrison
Done that - I found the devil in the detail. RT @phylogenomics: Schuster "like to finish my talk by discussing sequencing the devil" #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Schuster: "I would like to finish my talk by discussing sequencing the devil" #JGIUM
23 Mar

iGenomics Dawei Lin
RT @phylogenomics: Schuster: Stays away from traditional sources of ancient DNA like bone and uses hair #JGIUM
23 Mar

doe_jgi Joint Genome Inst.
RT @phylogenomics Schuster: got .1g of hair from 200 year old mammoth sample from Russia and can get mitochondrial genome #JGIUM #fb
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Schuster: got .1g of hair from 200 year old mammoth sample from Russia and can get mitochondrial genome #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Schuster working on thylacine (tasmanian tiger) mitochondrial genomes #JGIUM thylacine.psu.edu
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
For more on mammoth genomics see mammoth.psu.edu #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Schuster: when you sample extinct organisms you have to remember that different samples may come from different times #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Schuster: "You would not believe how much mammoth hair I have washed off myself" #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Schuster: Stays away from traditional sources of ancient DNA like bone and uses hair #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Schuster - redundancy in genome sequencing with ancient genomes helps build quality genome assemblies #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Schuster: one reason to focus on mitochondrial genomes is that there are lots of copies of the genome per cell #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Schuster : "dont forget about mitochondrial genomes" still lots of species that do not have mt genome sequences #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Schuster: discussing mammoths, moas, thylacines, tasmanian devils and polar bears #JGIUM #museomics #conservation #endangered
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
For more on Schusters work on extinct species see cidd.psu.edu/people/scs19 #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Next up Stephan Schuster discussing the Genomics of Extinct and Endangered Species #JGIUM #museomics
23 Mar

Energy_Science Energy Science News
@doe_jgi: RT @phylogenomics Why #badomics words can also be very good: a case in study with museomics #JGIUM http://ff.im/-zyA86 #fb
23 Mar

doe_jgi Joint Genome Inst.
RT @phylogenomics Why #badomics words can also be very good: a case in study with museomics #JGIUM http://ff.im/-zyA86 #fb
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Why #badomics words can also be very good: a case in study with museomics #JGIUM http://ff.im/-zyA86
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen

Eddy Rubin at the #JGIUM is soliciting input from crowd on future needs of the community
23 Mar

Energy_Science Energy Science News
@doe_jgi: #JGIUM bingo anyone? DOE JGI Director Rubin mentions @phylogenomics GEBA project in his talk on future of DOE JGI #fb
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen

The perils of giving out #badomics word awards - a prior recipient at #JGIUM just told me he's still angry at me phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2009/01/worst-…
23 Mar

doe_jgi Joint Genome Inst.
#JGIUM bingo anyone? DOE JGI Director Rubin mentions @phylogenomics GEBA project in his talk on future of DOE JGI #fb
23 Mar

Energy_Science Energy Science News
@doe_jgi: #JGIUM Rob Knight: "There is one universal tree of life which is why projects such as @phylogenomics GEBA are so critical" #fb
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
All I can say is that when I was rejected by HHMI a few yrs ago I felt better when I heard Rob Knight got it b/c, well, he rocks #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Rob Knight - in human microbiome studies you actually need VERY few sequences per sample to get overall trends #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Rob Knight: "There is one universal tree of life" and giving props to my GEBA genomic encyclopedia project #JGIUM
23 Mar

doe_jgi Joint Genome Inst.
#JGIUM Rob Knight: "There is one universal tree of life which is why projects such as @phylogenomics GEBA are so critical" #fb
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Rob Knight discussing the rationale behind his UNIFRAC metric to comparing communities using phylogeny #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Rob Knight discussing how sequencing has gotten so cheap and high throughout that analysis tools are the limiting step in many cases #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Rob Knight now up at #JGIUM - he publishes more cool papers per month than just about anyone in microbial research
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Silver: took sugar secreting cyanobacterium and got macrophage to take them up and they survive a little bit #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Silver: injected sugar secreted cyanobacterium into zebrafish zygotes and get functional fish with cyanos all throughout them #jgium
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Silver: engineered a cyanobacterium secrete sugars so thought maybe they could use this to make photosynthetic animals #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Silver also interested in biohydrogen production #JGIUM but two problems: most hydrogenases are oxygen sensitive and electron competition
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Silver is working on engineering 3hydroxypropionate carbon fixation pathway from Chloroflexus in E. Coli #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Silver claimed that Cyanobacteria are responsible for 50% of photosynthesis on earth but I think that must be too high #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Silver working on redesigning photosynthesis via cyanobacteria #JGIUM - says they need to learn a lot of biology still
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Silver: though she tries to get $$ from basic scion agencies , they never fund her #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Pam Silver: uses "redesign of a system can test our understanding of it's components" to try to get $$ from basic science agencies #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Pam Silver "Biology is the technology of this century" is the message she wants to gt across #JGIUM
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Jerry Tuskan getting some hard but good questions after his talk at #JGIUM - Q and A much more interesting than talks usually
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen
Next up at #JGIUM Pam Silver - not only brilliant - but also her lab is the source of a good Lady Gaga spoof youtube.com/watch?v=ZilqYp…
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen

Tuskan using Genome and RNA sequencing and high throughout phenotyping for massive poplar association study #jgium
23 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen

At #JGIUM listening to Jerry Tuscan discuss poplar genomics - the place is packed yfrog.com/h82u1nnj
23 Mar

iGenomics Dawei Lin
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@phylogenomics Terry Hazen talked about it. It can be easily forgot how many people worked behind the scene. #jgium
22 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen

Tell me about it: “@iGenomics: It is hard to include all people working on a project into the author list these days. #jgium”
22 Mar

Energy_Science Energy Science News
@doe_jgi: RT @phylogenomics: Personal trivia re: SLAC director Perisis Drell at #JGIUM - previous director Artie Bienenstock was a st...
22 Mar

phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen

Personal trivia re: SLAC director Perisis Drell at #JGIUM - previous director Artie Bienenstock was a student of my grandfather Ben Post
22 Mar

EpiExperts Epigenetics Experts
RT @phylogenomics @doe_jgi: SLAC National Accelerator Lab Director Persis Drell kicks off DOE JGI User Mtg 5pm-use #JGIUM to follow
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