Microbiology, potential topics for student discussion and research, Bio233 Spring/Fall 2014, todo

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/43110/title/Alternate-Pathways-Yield-New-Antibiotics/

Primary papers

modeling papers

bacteria on cancer
willima coley

MSRA
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/150902/ncomms9125/pdf/ncomms9125.pdf

CRISPR papers
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/315/5819/1709.short
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6121/819.short
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1021/sb500255k



Receptor-mediated exopolysaccharide perception controls bacterial infection
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature14611.html

how much DNA? 

How many viruses on earth?

http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1002168

CRISPR  bacteria immunity, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150413130825.htm

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature14302.html

Gut microbial and circadian clock in mice, 

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/42715/title/Gut-Microbes-Influence-Circadian-Clock/

=> Microbial community transcriptional networks are

conserved in three domains at ocean basin scales

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/03/05/1502883112.long

=> Prediction of antibiotic resistance by gene expression profiles, http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/141217/ncomms6792/full/ncomms6792.html

=> algae virus and human brain

http://www.pnas.org/content/111/45/16106.full.pdf+html?with-ds=yes

TODO: 
bacteria allow woodrats eat poison

vaccinate mosquitoes with bacteria

save bees with bugs

Evolution of complexed life forms

Poo and virus evolution

How many cells to produce a antibiotic with a lethal dose?

antibiotics function

http://jb.asm.org/content/192/1/365.long

E coli mutant influence host lifespan in worm.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/10/67

Transmission of Ebola? (Does it more like flu, AIDs, hepers simplex virus, 

3d bacteria

Students should present the scientific facts and mechanisms to the general public. 

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compare growth curves modeling approaches

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http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/38721/title/The-Bright-Side-of-Prions/

Bottled water versus tap water.  Use syringe. Order large syringes and filters

http://water.epa.gov/scitech/methods/cwa/bioindicators/upload/method_1106_1.pdf

Are water fountain safe to drink on campus?  Measure water volume and use syringe.

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Microbes on Spelman campus

Isolating ethanol-tolerant microbes from trees? 

Yeast genome analysis

·      Do quorum-sensing pathways vary in different Saccharomyces yeast species?

·      Do prion-like proteins vary in different Saccharomyces yeast species?

·      Do TOR-based caloric restriction pathways exist in prokaryotic cells?

·      Do genetic capacitor genes tend to increase the mutations in their substrate genes?

·      Fountain water versus bottle waters, which is cleaner?

·      How many viruses on planet earth?

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Arsenic bacteria

Egg, red meat, heart problems, and gut microbes.

http://www.medicaldaily.com/eggs-red-meat-increase-heart-disease-risk-not-because-cholesterol-its-your-gut-bacteria-245253

Ice-seeding bacteria

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/aiop-utt102313.php

Aging topics:

 Yeast SIR2 controversies

 E coli aging

 Virus aging

West Nile Virus.

Australia rabbit virus

Cholera and R simulation

Protective phages

http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35635/title/Protective-Phages/

Cell based computing

http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35632/title/Cell-Based-Computing-Goes-Analog/

http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35640/title/FDA-to-Regulate-Fecal-Transplants/

http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35636/title/Viruses-Prefer-the-Cold/

mouth microbes and ethinicity

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/38009/title/Mouth-Microbes-Influenced-by-Ethnicity/

Poop bank

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/11/04/na1105-poopbank/

baby's immune system and good bacteria

http://www.nature.com/news/babies-weak-immune-systems-let-good-bacteria-in-1.14112?WT.mc_id=FBK_NatureNews

modeling microbes

http://www.nimbios.org/wordpress/2013/11/06/modeling-of-microbial-world-comes-of-age/

http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/biohackers/9-coolest-student-biology-projects-2013-igem-competition

http://blogs.plos.org/everyone/2013/10/31/yersinia-pestis-ghost-of-plagues-past-2/

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131022091721.htm

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/aiop-utt102313.php

Biofilm, chronic infection

http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/38280/title/Thwarting-Persistence/

Gut feeling.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/11/18/244526773/gut-bacteria-might-guide-the-workings-of-our-minds

Fecal transplant

http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/38467/title/Tracking-Fecal-Transplants/

E coli resistance to macrophage

http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/38623/title/How-Bacteria-Evade-the-Immune-System/