Recent Articles

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  2024-25 School Year ISB Education Highlights

   Posted on October 31, 2024

  In the first installment of the 2024-25 academic year roundup, we highlight some of the top projects the ISB Education team is working on. In October, we welcomed new team members, developed a new format for our popular “Systems Are Everywhere!” workshop, and more.

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  2024 ISB Virtual Microbiome Series

   Posted on September 12, 2024

  Our multi-day microbiome-themed virtual course and symposium is back for the fifth year! ISB is hosting a two-day course on October 16 & 17, 2024, followed by a symposium on October 18, 2024 titled, “A gut feeling: Microbes and their impacts on our minds.” Both events are virtual and free.

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  How Microbes Evolve to Spatially Divide and Conquer an Environment 

   Posted on September 4, 2024

  ISB researchers examined representative organisms of two classes of microbes whose interaction contributes to the conversion of more than 1 gigaton of carbon into methane every year. They found that gene mutations selected over a relatively short timeframe in the two microbes led to distinct functions.