The Reading Group on Recent
Advances in Microbiome Science is an informal, monthly meeting in
which we discuss recent publications on the microbiome with a focus on
translational applications of basic microbiome research and novel approaches
for microbiome analysis and study design. We will go into some mathematical and
computational details, but the major goals of this reading group are to 1)
discuss higher-level conceptual issues; and 2) bring together Einstein
researchers who are either interested in or currently working on
microbiome-related projects.
For our
inaugural year, the format of the meeting is borrowed from Dr. Ruben
Coen-Cagli’s successful Machine Learning Reading Group Meeting. In each
meeting, a volunteer chooses a paper(s) and is in charge of presenting it with
slides. The volunteer shares the paper(s) at least a week in advance so
everyone interested in attending has time to read and come prepared with
questions/comments. The meeting typically lasts 1 to 1.5 hours, with
slide presentation, questions and discussions. Everyone is welcome to
attend and join the interactive discussion. We will occasionally have
outside speakers as presenters but we intend this reading group to be primarily
an internal resource.
The first meeting was on September 20th. Libusha Kelly presented the first paper,
linked here:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1443-5
Contact
Libusha at libusha.kelly@einsteinmed.org or
@microbegrrl if you would like to present at a future meeting (We have
openings available!).
