Fingerprinting cities: differentiating subway microbiome functionality

Abstract

Accumulating evidence suggests that the human microbiome impacts individual and public health. City subway systems are human-dense environments, where passengers often exchange microbes. The MetaSUB project participants collected samples from subway surfaces in different cities and performed metagenomic sequencing. Previous studies focused on taxonomic composition of these microbiomes and no explicit functional analysis had been done till now.

Publication
Biology Direct
Chengsheng Zhu
Chengsheng Zhu
PostDoctoral Associate

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Maximilian Miller
Maximilian Miller
PostDoctoral Associate

improving variant effect predictions, deciphering metagenomes and creating an efficient service infrastructure

Nick Lusskin
Nick Lusskin
Undergraduate Student

Working on clustering and visualization of metagenomes and building web tools for scientists.

Yannick Mahlich
Yannick Mahlich
PostDoctoral Associate
Yanran Wang
Yanran Wang
PhD Candidate

Machine learning and sequencing data.

Zishuo Zeng
Zishuo Zeng
PhD Student

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Yana Bromberg
Yana Bromberg
Principal Investigator - Professor of Bioinformatics

My research focuses on deciphering the DNA blueprints of life’s molecular machinery

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