tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18747806511335344592024-02-07T17:09:46.090-07:00Evolution, Life and other musingsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-26851824888080689852014-11-14T21:03:00.001-07:002014-11-14T21:19:08.011-07:00FGC2015Hey All Y'all! I know I post infrequently, but would like to announce the Human Pathogens within the Dimorphic Onygenales meeting in conjunction with the GSA sponsored Fungal Genetics meeting at Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA. #GSA #FGC2015 @DrValleyFever One month left to register!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-79863131731249294622014-04-17T14:18:00.003-07:002014-04-17T14:18:28.391-07:00Video from KVIEA face to the disease.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-6067955103904232972014-04-17T14:06:00.001-07:002014-04-17T14:06:40.018-07:00Occupational exposureWell, this just came across my desk today - Occupation exposure among cast and crew. It brings up several interesting aspects- number one being, I wish I knew who the actor was! Maybe we could have a spokesperson for VF! Other than that selfish response, I think it also highlights a great source of data that is only available in California. No other state considers coccidioidomycosis as a work Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-89480369292825026392014-04-16T18:03:00.000-07:002014-04-17T11:50:35.536-07:00CSG 2014Forgot to mention the annual Coccidioidomycosis meeting that happened weekend before last. It was very well attended, with some higher profile researchers giving talks. After the main meeting on Saturday, we had a gathering of folks interested in Cocci in the soil. Will post more info as it becomes available. For now, we are developing a linked in group. Comment or email to request joining.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-79485152715555551392014-02-27T15:39:00.003-07:002014-02-27T15:39:46.152-07:00Talking ScienceFile this under OMG! LOL! I can talks science good!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-12978481768500881362014-02-04T10:21:00.001-07:002014-02-04T10:55:54.846-07:00More VF in the newsAnother recent article on Daily Beast about Valley Fever. It goes on tho talk about the disease as a silent epidemic. It supports my previous post/update on why we need more basic research on this organism. It is undeniable that the disease burden has increased over the last 20 years- and we have no idea why. The recent drought, at its most extreme in the San Joaquin Valley (the "Valley" in VF) Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-45640233853421108822014-01-30T19:14:00.001-07:002014-01-30T19:15:39.496-07:00Found this paper today. Not sure how I missed this one!1982 research on Cocci epi Interesting 22 year study to determine conversion and dissemination for coccidiodomycosis. #fungi #coccidioidesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-62676492304324839982014-01-30T11:49:00.001-07:002014-01-30T11:49:56.917-07:00Impact of coccidioidomycosis in CaliforniaNew yorker article about Valley feverAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-7210002956603976932014-01-30T11:46:00.001-07:002014-01-30T11:48:00.061-07:00oldie but goodieThis is a good article! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-86326885463642870602014-01-30T11:06:00.002-07:002014-01-30T11:43:41.936-07:00UPDATE 2014!Yep. Been ages since posting. Updates include a new assistant professor position at NAU/TGEN-north in Flagstaff. Loving life! Coccidioides is now my main focus and we are working on a number of fronts.
1) Understanding innate immunity in early infection. Coccidioides plays this crazy game with ?resident aveolar macs? (we assume) wherein it seems to go completely undetected by the immune system Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-10904880838576602812013-03-29T21:46:00.003-07:002013-03-29T21:46:50.514-07:00writen in 2009. #23
1. I feel compelled to join in.
2. I am a "joiner" even tho I like to think I am a cool loner.
3. I love (LOVE) the Doors. I own every album, and then some. I love Morrison's poetry, even if it is a little contrived and juvenile on occasion. Poetry can be that way. I used to write, but realized it was pretty lame...MY poetry, not writing it in general.
4. My sister is my Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-8105483016304573412011-12-02T12:42:00.001-07:002011-12-02T12:50:56.226-07:00Genetics and canine racismSomething has been bugging me lately. So, I will blog about it- speaking to the ether/interwebs may help. You may notice that I have changed my photo on my page. In order to start the conversation. If anyone has had a mixed breed dog- a MUTT if you will, you know the curiosity that ensues- what IS my dog?? Genetic testing has become a craze to help folks answer this question, but in my mind- the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-79323399155940146562010-12-07T13:24:00.008-07:002010-12-08T10:55:04.659-07:00Blogging about scienceOK. It has been ages since I posted last. I just saw this article and though it was a good place to start. In the fungal pathogen world, there is a lot of debate about "what makes a pathogen" - basically, many of the human fungal pathogens out there are considered "opportunists" in that in a normal human host they are not able to cause disease. Well at least rarely are they a problem in healthy Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-48241873080025480912010-03-08T11:13:00.000-07:002010-03-08T11:14:10.835-07:00Yes Virginia, there are fossil fungiI love fossils, especially when they are of fungi!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-90633761769709194172010-01-05T14:58:00.007-07:002010-01-05T15:24:41.537-07:00Why Basic Research needs to be fundedSo often I end up writing statements in grants such as "My research will cure (insert favorite cause here)." And I always feel a little weird about it. Because it certainly could be true, however much more likely is that my research will have little immediate effect. This is because I do basic research. This article in Infection and Immunity really said it well. It is by Fang and Casadevall, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-739282709820933352009-12-23T20:36:00.002-07:002010-01-14T11:11:34.890-07:00The Danger of Pet HypothesesGreat article!Remember to keep an open mind, even if that means you have to refute your own pet hypothesis.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-18973018890543500802009-11-24T20:55:00.006-07:002009-12-20T12:19:07.881-07:00Comments on Sewell...This article was on the main YAHOO page todayIs this what passes for intelligent debate? We'll blame Darwin for Columbine, and school shootings in Finland? And setting up scientists as the evil and unreliable determiners of human fate? OK, yes, I know that Darwin had some wacky ideas about race. But I accept evolution as fact. Darwin's limitations do not take away from this. To the first point. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-5764226612013799572009-10-30T09:56:00.002-07:002009-10-30T10:00:41.322-07:0010 things I like about Bozeman...first impressions10. SNOW9. green green green!8. no overhead flights7. Silence at night6. happy dogs5. deer in the yard4. walking trail just outside the back gate3. people look you in the eye and say hello as you walk past2. mountains1. YNP is an hour awayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-31079542950497615732009-10-12T21:40:00.001-07:002009-10-12T21:42:14.680-07:00Visualize thisCheck out the big oneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-39911203300199196482009-10-11T21:16:00.005-07:002009-10-12T20:30:19.398-07:0010 things I WON'T miss about Arizona10. Dust9. overhead military flights (we are right in the flight path for DM)8. police helicopters with search lights every weekend7. Our frat-boy neighbors that listen to their iPods on level 10 while passed out on the porch at 4AM6. Cockroaches5. swamp coolers4. thorns, stickers and spikes3. border patrol2. the republican legislature1. JulyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-45485217231195675732009-10-05T19:46:00.004-07:002009-10-05T20:43:44.197-07:0010 things I'll miss about Tucson10. Geckos by the porch light9. The Monsoons8. The smell of creosote bush after the rain7. lizards in the backyard6. the way the desert buzzes and hums at 100+ in the summer5. amazing sunsets4. Oct-March3. 4th ave to downtown2. awesome mexican food1. my friends!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-38538813341026452502009-09-24T09:52:00.002-07:002009-09-24T10:14:54.692-07:0010 things I like about moving10. Lightening the load9. Finding things you thought you lost8. Reading the old diary7. Anticipation6. Burning the stack of bills, receipts and other junk in the firepit5. Having an excuse to get new stuff4. Bubble wrap3. hmmmmm....2. Moving?1. being done with it?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-78560826935983347372009-09-23T17:13:00.003-07:002009-09-23T17:20:15.769-07:00Starting a theme of top 10 listsTop 10 things I hate about moving:10. Seriously, where did all this crap come from9. Killer dust bunnies8. Living in a pile of boxes7. Fear of throwing something away and realizing after the garbage has come that you needed it after all6. Leaving friends5. Forever jamming packing tape dispenser4. Finding old embarrassing photos you thought you threw out the last time you moved3. Knowing that Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-22616649766723045782009-07-17T21:01:00.003-07:002009-07-17T21:08:11.278-07:00RAINNice rainstorm today. Wash away the dusty dirt. Dolly loves the mud. Victor is afraid of the rain. The two of them make me laugh. And that is good. Now I am going to relax and hit the books and writing tomorrow. In the air conditioning. It's gonna be hot and humid tomorrow! Really, life is pretty good.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874780651133534459.post-52853125929484340142009-07-16T08:13:00.004-07:002009-07-16T08:38:48.632-07:00Some things come backI wonder sometimes if there is something I need to learn about my choices in the people I have around me. Or is it just really bad luck that both my Master's and PhD advisors turned out to be the wrong person for me? And right at the most crucial point, in both cases, is when I realized it- and that is too late. The funny part is, they are complete opposite personalities. A main reason I picked #Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09451390165397714000noreply@blogger.com2