Monthly Archives: February 2015
Donate to PathoMap!
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- on Feb, 06, 2015
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We need you to help keep the science going! To make a tax deductible donation to Weill Cornell Medical College to support the PathoMap project, please click here Or Donations can be mailed to: Weill Cornell Medical College Office of External Affairs 1300 York Avenue, Box 314 New York, NY 10065 Phone: 646-317-7427 or toll […]
Read MoreA day in the life of the Penn Station microbiome
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- on Feb, 05, 2015
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To gauge the persistence of a microbial signature at a station, buy we sampled one train station (Penn Station) in triplicate every hour on the hour during a weekday. We found that certain taxa are prevalent at every time point, discount yet a high degree of fluctuation was observed in some genera over the course […]
Read MoreThe elusive bacteria of the South Ferry station
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- on Feb, 05, 2015
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The station with the most unique bacteria was the South Ferry Station on the ‘‘1’’ subway line in Manhattan. This was the only station completely flooded during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, healing and it has been closed since that time. Notably, price we observe ten unique species of bacteria that were present in the single […]
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