Rob Knight

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the gut microbiota can be used to predict individualized blood glucose responses to particular foods, which differ between individuals.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors discuss the application of genomic and computational methods for efficient data-driven COVID-19 response, the advantages of the democratization of viral sequencing around the world and the challenges associated with viral genome data collection and processing.

TL;DR: Weighted UniFrac results differ between input trees where (a) replicate sequences each have their own tip, or (b) all replicates are assigned to one tip with an associated count.

TL;DR: Huang et al. as discussed by the authors investigated the effects of gut selection pressures from human, mice, and zebrafish on the genetic stability of a candidate probiotic Lactiplantibacillus plantarum HNU082 (Lp082) as well as its ecological and evolutionary impacts on the indigenous gut microbiota using shotgun metagenomic sequencing in combination with isolate resequencing methods.

TL;DR: The Foldit team has recruited online participants to predict protein 3D structure via a 3D puzzle game distributed as a standalone program for personal computers, and Phylo pushed the gamification concept to reach a broader public by crowdsourcing comparative genomics tasks via tile-matching puzzle games.