Frederick M. Cohan
@CohanLab
Wesleyan University (@wesleyan_u) Department of Biology and College of the Environment
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My PhD student Fatai Olabemiwo and our undergrads have published our first paper in plastic remediation microbiology. Here's access till Dec 13: authors.elsevier.com/a/1hzhDB8ccyhQ9
For years in my Global Change & Infectious Disease course, I’ve given extra credit on the op-ed assignment to students who could get their essays published. Record numbers this year! Nothing like living through a pandemic to give students urgency about communicating their ideas.
As a result of an assignment from Professor Fred Cohan's course, Global Change and Infectious Disease, more than 25 students have had their work published in newspapers across the US – many citing the University’s COVID-19 safety protocols. fal.cn/3cIX9
It’s regular federal employees working with integrity who saved the country, not the prissy idea that Congress would do the right thing. I extend Wu’s @superwuster message beyond the feds to all working with integrity to better the country and the world. tinyurl.com/yyo6yb2b
Opening for Asst Prof in Cell/Dev Biology at Wesleyan University. Wesleyan Biology is a congenial and stimulating department with great opportunities for building a career in research and teaching. I should know—I’ve been a happy camper here for 35 years! careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/7427
Great article on how to reopen schools. “Our sense of responsibility toward children — at the very least, to protect them from … poor decision making of adults who allow deadly infections to spiral out of control — is core to our humanity.” @mlipsitch tinyurl.com/y25vheoj
As a lover of guacamole and all things avocado, I'll share this homage and biological history of the once-nearly-extinct avocado theconversation.com/love-avocados-…
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Love avocados? Thank the toxodon
If it weren’t for historical and biological happenstance, few would be eating avocados today.
Nice piece on spread of the successful mutation in the Spike protein in SARS-CoV-2. Looks to be a sweep within one global, ecologically homogeneous population of the virus. Will there be ecological diversification of the virus according to our behavior? washingtonpost.com/science/2020/0…
As a (non-native) New Englander, I really loved this piece! A little New England nostalgia, a little Covid.... Thank you!
Lovely piece appreciated by this New Englander
This is so important. I hope you'll watch it. Thanks! Fred
Dear white people, For days you’ve asked me what you can do to help. I’ve finally found an answer. Let your guard down and listen.
In hope that with planning and organization (and exhaustive testing and isolating when necessary), we can safely reopen our campuses in the fall. nytimes.com/2020/04/26/opi… via @nytopinion
My interview with @wesleyanargus on ethics of fighting infection and updating Socialism of the Microbe. Originally, it was investing to treat/prevent infections of others locally. Now, it’s fighting infections worldwide plus protecting the environment. tinyurl.com/wljmevj
Prof. Cohan teaches Global Changes and Infectious Diseases and runs a lab studying ecological diversity. He talked with The Argus about COVID-19 and altruism that isn't "just altruism, it's an altruism that has a payback to keeping us healthy." wesleyanargus.com/2020/03/27/und…
How to talk to your friends about social distancing when they’re going to bars . In which yours truly admits to being old, and tries to be a sensitive soul while giving good advice. thelily.com/how-to-talk-to…
Biogeography of American Northwest Hot Spring A/B′-Lineage Synechococcus Populations. This paper is dedicated to the memory of Richard W. Castenholz, a hot spring microbiology pioneer, and a great guy! frontiersin.org/article/10.338…
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Frontiers | Biogeography of American Northwest Hot Spring A/B′-Lineage Synechococcus Populations
Island biogeography studies of unicellular cyanobacteria inhabiting hot springs have begun to challenge the notion that “everything is everywhere and nature ...
Wow, microbiology in a Burger King ad! washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…
Our piece in the Conversation on how the fate of the novel coronavirus may depend on upward and downward changes in its transmissibility (R0), owing to the virus’s evolution and behavioral and technological changes. With examples from Ebola and SARS. tinyurl.com/vpflqf9
Adding to the Global Virome Project below the species level—exploring ecological diversity within West Nile Virus biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Our lab’s modest foray into the Global Virome Project. An approach to explore ecological diversification within virus species. We argue that virus lineages within a species that prefer different hosts may differ in likelihood to spillover to humans. tinyurl.com/vbx9e9c
An update of our LA Times piece, with thanks to @TangLATimes, @kimberlykindy, @channah_rock, @manan73, and @sallardvt. We stand by our main point that food safety will improve when we all buy into it, as our society did a century ago. tinyurl.com/uusbhyy
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