California rice farms dot the Sacramento Valley, converting native swampland into flooded paddies. The farms change California’s landscape both above ground and below it. A recent study shows in detail how rice plants shape the soil microbiome into a distinctive … Continue reading
Journal Club
Highlighting recent, timely papers selected by Academy member labs
Tag Archives: disease
Intensive agriculture changes the soil microbiome
Categories: Agriculture | Microbiology
Tagged agriculture, disease, microbiome, rice, soil
1 Comment
Journal Club: How to find the rare, disease-resistant individuals who could help forge new therapies
A new study finds individuals who appear healthy despite having mutations associated with severe childhood diseases, a finding that could help uncover factors that protect against these diseases. “Finding those individuals is the starting point for searching for the other … Continue reading