Crosspost from microBEnet: Some interesting new papers on functional analysius of metagenomics

Crossposting from microBEnet:

Some new papers that may be of interest to people:

• FOAM (Functional Ontology Assignments for Metagenomes): a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) database with environmental focus. 
• Statistical Methods for Functional Metagenomic Analysis Based on Next-Generation Sequencing Data PhD thesis from Pookhao, Naruekamol 
• Profile Hidden Markov Models for the Detection of Viruses within Metagenomic Sequence Data
• Parallel-META 2.0: Enhanced Metagenomic Data Analysis with Functional Annotation, High Performance Computing and Advanced Visualization 
• MP3: A Software Tool for the Prediction of Pathogenic Proteins in Genomic and Metagenomic Data   

Crosspost from microBEnet: Collection of papers on "The Science of Science Communication"

Crossposting this from microBEnet 

 Just got pointed to this by Sharon Strauss, the chair of the Evolution and Ecology department here at UC Davis: The Science of Science Communication II Sackler Colloquium.  This is a collection of papers from a colloquium held in Septment 2013.  Slides and videos of the talks are available online. The papers and links (copied from the PNAS site) are listed below.  There are many papers here of relevance to work done at microBEnet and are also likely of general interest to many:

• Science communication as political communication

  • Dietram A. Scheufele

  PNAS 2014 111 (Supplement 4) 13585-13592; published ahead of print September 15, 2014,doi:10.1073/pnas.1317516111
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  Gaining trust as well as respect in communicating to motivated audiences about science topics

  • Susan T. Fiske and
  • Cydney Dupree

  PNAS 2014 111 (Supplement 4) 13593-13597; published ahead of print September 15, 2014,doi:10.1073/pnas.1317505111
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  Leveraging scientific credibility about Arctic sea ice trends in a polarized political environment

  • Kathleen Hall Jamieson and
  • Bruce W. Hardy

  PNAS 2014 111 (Supplement 4) 13598-13605; published ahead of print September 15, 2014,doi:10.1073/pnas.1320868111
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  Creating a national citizen engagement process for energy policy

  • Nick Pidgeon, 
  • Christina Demski, 
  • Catherine Butler, 
  • Karen Parkhill, 
  • and Alexa Spence

  PNAS 2014 111 (Supplement 4) 13606-13613; published ahead of print September 15, 2014,doi:10.1073/pnas.1317512111
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  Using narratives and storytelling to communicate science with nonexpert audiences

  • Michael F. Dahlstrom

  PNAS 2014 111 (Supplement 4) 13614-13620; published ahead of print September 15, 2014,doi:10.1073/pnas.1320645111
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  The cultural side of science communication

  • Douglas L. Medin and
  • Megan Bang

  PNAS 2014 111 (Supplement 4) 13621-13626; published ahead of print September 15, 2014,doi:10.1073/pnas.1317510111
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  Prescriptive scientific narratives for communicating usable science

  • Julie S. Downs

  PNAS 2014 111 (Supplement 4) 13627-13633; published ahead of print September 15, 2014,doi:10.1073/pnas.1317502111
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  Communicating science-based recommendations with memorable and actionable guidelines

  • Rebecca K. Ratner and
  • Jason Riis

  PNAS 2014 111 (Supplement 4) 13634-13641; published ahead of print September 15, 2014,doi:10.1073/pnas.1320649111
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  The science of sharing and the sharing of science

  • Katherine L. Milkman and
  • Jonah Berger

  PNAS 2014 111 (Supplement 4) 13642-13649; published ahead of print September 15, 2014,doi:10.1073/pnas.1317511111
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  Integrating social networks and human social motives to achieve social influence at scale

  • Noshir S. Contractor and
  • Leslie A. DeChurch

  PNAS 2014 111 (Supplement 4) 13650-13657; published ahead of print September 15, 2014,doi:10.1073/pnas.1401211111
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  Team science for science communication

  • Gabrielle Wong-Parodi and
  • Benjamin H. Strauss

  PNAS 2014 111 (Supplement 4) 13658-13663; published ahead of print September 15, 2014,doi:10.1073/pnas.1320021111
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  Communicating scientific uncertainty

  • Baruch Fischhoff and
  • Alex L. Davis

  PNAS 2014 111 (Supplement 4) 13664-13671; published ahead of print September 15, 2014,doi:10.1073/pnas.1317504111
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